Tunisia
Population: 9,593,402
Can Read: 66.7%
Death-rate: 4.98 per Thousand
Ethnicity: Arab 98%; European 1%; Jewish and other 1%;
Infant-mortality: 30.09/1,000 born,die
Language: Arabic (official and one of the languages of commerce),French (commerce)
Life-expectancy: 73.69 Years
Poverty-line: 14.1%
Religions: Muslim 98%; Christian 1%; Jewish and other 1%;
Their Nation: noun: Tunisian(s) adjective: Tunisian
Area: 163,610 sq km land: 155,360 sq km water: 8,250 sq km
Climate: temperate in north with mild,rainy winters and hot,dry summers; desert in south
Farmable-Land-Use: 19%; crops: 13%; pastures: 20%; woodland: 4%; other: 44%;
GeoNote: strategic location in central Mediterranean
High/Low: lowest point: Shatt al Gharsah -17 m highest point: Jabal ash Shanabi 1,544 m
Land-boundaries: 1,424 km border countries: Algeria 965 km,Libya 459 km
Location:Northern Africa,bordering the Mediterranean Sea,between Algeria and Libya
Natural-resources: petroleum,phosphates,iron ore,lead,zinc,salt,arable land
Terrain: mountains in north; hot,dry central plain; semiarid south merges into the Sahara
Cell Phones: 50,000
ISPs: 4
Phones: 628,000
Radio Stations: AM 7,FM 20,shortwave 2
Radios: 2.06 million
TV Stations: 19
TVs: 920,000
Airports: 32
Highways: 23,100 km paved: 18,226 km unpaved: 4,874 km
Ports/Harbors: Bizerte,Gabes,La Goulette,Sfax,Sousse,Tunis,Zarzis
Rails: 2,168 km
Currency: 1 Tunisian dinar (TD) = 1,000 millimes
Exports: textiles,mechanical goods,phosphates and chemicals,agricultural products,hydrocarbons
Farming: olives,grain,dairy products,tomatoes,citrus fruit,beef,sugar beets,dates,almonds
Imports: machinery and equipment,hydrocarbons,chemicals,fuel,food
Industry: petroleum,mining (particularly phosphate and iron ore),tourism,textiles,footwear,food,beverages
Admin-Div: 23 governorates:
Capital: Tunis
Country-name: Republic of Tunisia: S/F Tunisia: Localy called: Al Jumhuriyah at Tunisiyah, localy called: Tunis
Gov-type: republic
Turkey
Population: 65,666,677
Can Read: 82.3%;
Death-rate: 5.96 per Thousand
Ethnicity: Turkish 80%; Kurdish 20%;
Infant-mortality: 48.9/1,000 born,die
Language: Turkish (official),Kurdish,Arabic,Armenian,Greek
Life-expectancy: 70.97 Years
Religions: Muslim 99.8%; (mostly Sunni),other 0.2%; (Christian and Jews)
Their Nation: noun: Turk(s) adjective: Turkish
Area: 780,580 sq km land: 770,760 sq km water: 9,820 sq km
Climate temperate: hot,dry summers with mild,wet winters; harsher in interior
Farmable-Land-Use: 32%; crops: 4%; pastures: 16%; woodland: 26%; other: 22%;
GeoNote: strategic location controlling the Turkish Straits (Bosporus,Sea of Marmara,Dardanelles) that link Black and Aegean Seas
High/Low: lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m highest point: Mount Ararat 5,166 m
Land-boundaries: 2,627 km border countries: Armenia 268 km,Azerbaijan 9 km,Bulgaria 240 km,Georgia 252 km,Greece 206 km,Iran 499 km,Iraq 331 km,Syria 822 km
Location:southeastern Europe and southwestern Asia (that portion of Turkey west of the Bosporus is geographically part of Europe),bordering the Black Sea,between Bulgaria and Georgia,and bordering the Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean Sea,between Greece and Syria
Nat'l-Hazards: very severe earthquakes,especially in northern Turkey,along an arc extending from the Sea of Marmara to Lake Van
Natural-resources: antimony,coal,chromium,mercury,copper,borate,sulfur,iron ore,arable land,hydropower
Terrain: mostly mountains; narrow coastal plain; high central plateau (Anatolia)
Cell Phones: 3.2 million
ISPs: 24
Phones: 17.244 million
Radio Stations: AM 16,FM 72,shortwave 6
Radios: 11.3 million
TV Stations: 69
TVs: 20.9 million
Airports: 118
Highways: 382,397 km paved: 95,599 km, unpaved: 286,798 km
Ports/Harbors: Gemlik,Hopa,Iskenderun,Istanbul,Izmir,Kocaeli (Izmit),Icel (Mersin),Samsun,Trabzon
Rails: 8,607 km.
Waterways: about 1,200 km
Currency: Turkish lira (TL) = 100 kurus (theoretical)
Exports: apparel 28%; foodstuffs 17%; textiles 12%; metal manufactures 9%;
Farming: tobacco,cotton,grain,olives,sugar beets,pulse,citrus; livestock
Imports: machinery 29%; semi-finished goods 16%; chemicals 14%; transport equipment 11%; fuels 8%;
Industry: textiles,food processing,autos,mining (coal,chromite,copper,boron),steel,petroleum,construction,lumber,paper
Admin-Div: 80 provinces (iller,singular - il);
Capital: Ankara
Country-name: Republic of Turkey: S/F Turkey: Localy called: Turkiye Cumhuriyeti, localy called: Turkiye
Gov-type: republican parliamentary democracy
TURKMENISTAN
Population: 4,518,268
Can Read: 98%
Death-rate: 9.04 per Thousand
Ethnicity: Turkmen 77%; Uzbek 9.2%; Russian 6.7%; Kazakh 2%; other 5.1%;
Infant-mortality: 73.3/1,000 born,die
Language: Turkmen 72%; Russian 12%; Uzbek 9%; other 7%;
Life-expectancy: 60.91 Years
Religions: Muslim 89%; Eastern Orthodox 9%; unknown 2%;
Their Nation: noun: Turkmen(s) adjective: Turkmen
Area: 488,100 sq km land: 488,100 sq km
Climate: subtropical desert
Farmable-Land-Use: 3%; pastures: 63%; woodland: 8%; other: 26%;
GeoNote: landlocked
High/Low: lowest point: Vpadina Akchanaya -81 m (note - Sarygamysh Koli is a lake in north eastern Turkmenistan whose water levels fluctuate widely; at its shallowest,its level is -110 m; it is presently at -60 m,20 m above Vpadina Akchanaya) highest point: Ayrybaba 3,139 m
Land-boundaries: 3,736 km border countries: Afghanistan 744 km,Iran 992 km,Kazakhstan 379 km,Uzbekistan 1,621 km
Location:Central Asia,bordering the Caspian Sea,between Iran and Kazakhstan
Natural-resources: petroleum,natural gas,coal,sulfur,salt
Terrain: flat-to-rolling sandy desert with dunes rising to mountains in the south; low mountains along border with Iran; borders Caspian Sea in west
Phones: 320,000
Radio Stations: AM 16,FM 8,shortwave 2
Radios: 1.225 million
TV Stations: 3 (much programming relayed from Russia and Turkey)
TVs: 820,000
Airports: 64
Highways: 24,000 km paved: 19,488 km (SoCalled hard paved and some are all-weather gravel surfaced) unpaved: 4,512 km
Ports/Harbors: Turkmenbashi
Rails: 2,187 km
Waterways: the Amu Darya is an important inland waterway
Currency: 1 Turkmen manat (TMM) = 100 tenesi
Exports: oil and gas 55%; cotton 22%;
Farming: cotton,grain; livestock
Imports: machinery and equipment 45%; chemicals,foodstuffs
Industry: natural gas,oil,petroleum products,textiles,food processing
Admin-Div: 5 welayatlar (singular - welayat) and a bunch of administrative centers
Capital: Ashgabat
Country-name: none: S/F Turkmenistan: Localy called: none, localy called: Turkmenistan former: Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic
Gov-type: republic
Uganda
Population: 23,317,560
Can Read: 61.8%;
Death-rate: 18.44 per Thousand
Ethnicity: Baganda 17%; Karamojong 12%; Basogo 8%; Iteso 8%; Langi 6%; Rwanda 6%; Bagisu 5%; Acholi 4%; Lugbara 4%; Bunyoro 3%; Batobo 3%; non-African (European,Asian,Arab) 1%; other 23%;
Infant-mortality: 93.25/1,000 born,die
Language: English (official national language,taught in grade schools,used in courts of law and by most newspapers and some radio broadcasts),Ganda or Luganda (most widely used of the Niger-Congo languages,preferred for native language publications in the capital and may be taught in school),other Niger-Congo languages,Nilo-Saharan languages,Swahili,Arabic
Life-expectancy: 42.93 Years
Poverty-line: 55%;
Religions: Roman Catholic 33%; Protestant 33%; Muslim 16%; indigenous beliefs 18%;
Their Nation: noun: Ugandan(s) adjective: Ugandan
Area: 236,040 sq km land: 199,710 sq km water: 36,330 sq km
Climate tropical; generally rainy with two dry seasons (December to February,June to August); semiarid in northeast
Farmable-Land-Use: 25%; crops: 9%; pastures: 9%; woodland: 28%; other: 29%;
GeoNote: landlocked
High/Low: lowest point: Lake Albert 621 m highest point: Margherita Peak on Mount Stanley 5,110 m
Land-boundaries: 2,698 km border countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo 765 km,Kenya 933 km,Rwanda 169 km,Sudan 435 km,Tanzania 396 km
Location:Eastern Africa,west of Kenya
Natural-resources: copper,cobalt,hydropower,limestone,salt,arable land
Terrain: mostly plateau with rim of mountains
Cell Phones: 9,000
ISPs: 3
Phones: 54,074
Radio Stations: AM 19,FM 4,shortwave 5
Radios: 2.6 million
TV Stations: 8
TVs: 315,000
Airports: 26
Highways: 27,000 km paved: 1,800 km unpaved: 25,200 km
Ports/Harbors: Entebbe,Jinja,Port Bell
Rails: 1,241 km
Waterways: Lake Victoria,Lake Albert,Lake Kyoga,Lake George,Lake Edward,Victoria Nile,Albert Nile
Currency: 1 Ugandan shilling (USh) = 100 cents
Exports: coffee,fish and fish products,tea; electrical products,iron and steel
Farming: coffee,tea,cotton,tobacco,cassava (tapioca),potatoes,corn,millet,pulses; beef,goat meat,milk,poultry
Imports: vehicles,petroleum,medical supplies; cereals
Industry: sugar,brewing,tobacco,cotton textiles,cement
Admin-Div: 39 districts
Capital: Kampala
Country-name: Republic of Uganda: S/F Uganda
Gov-type: republic
Ukraine
Population: 49,153,027
Can Read: 98%
Death-rate: 16.48 per Thousand
Ethnicity: Ukrainian 73%; Russian 22%; Jewish 1%; other 4%;
Infant-mortality: 21.67/1,000 born,die
Language: Ukrainian,Russian,Romanian,Polish,Hungarian
Life-expectancy: 65.98 Years
Poverty-line: 50%;
Religions: Ukrainian Orthodox - Moscow Patriarchate,Ukrainian Orthodox - Kiev Patriarchate,Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox,Ukrainian Catholic (Uniate),Protestant,Jewish
Their Nation: noun: Ukrainian(s) adjective: Ukrainian
Area: 603,700 sq km land: 603,700 sq km
Climate: temperate continental; Mediterranean only on the southern Crimean coast; precipitation disproportionately distributed,highest in west and north,lesser in east and southeast; winters vary from cool along the Black Sea to cold farther inland; summers are warm across the greater part of the country,hot in the south
Farmable-Land-Use: 58%; crops: 2%; pastures: 13%; woodland: 18%; other: 9%;
GeoNote: strategic position at the crossroads between Europe and Asia; second-largest country in Europe
High/Low: lowest point: Black Sea 0 m highest point: Hora Hoverla 2,061 m
Land-boundaries: 4,558 km border countries: Belarus 891 km,Hungary 103 km,Moldova 939 km,Poland 428 km,Romania (south) 169 km,Romania (west) 362 km,Russia 1,576 km,Slovakia 90 km
Location:Eastern Europe,bordering the Black Sea,between Poland and Russia
Natural-resources: iron ore,coal,manganese,natural gas,oil,salt,sulfur,graphite,titanium,magnesium,kaolin,nickel,mercury,timber,arable land
Terrain: most of Ukraine consists of fertile plains (steppes) and plateaus,mountains being found only in the west (the Carpathians),and in the Crimean Peninsula in the extreme south
Cell Phones: 236,000
ISPs: 35
Phones: 9.45 million (April 1999)
Radio Stations: AM 134,FM 289,shortwave 4
Radios: 45.05 million
TV Stations: at least 33
TVs: 18.05 million
Airports: 706
Highways: 176,310 km paved: 170,139 km, unpaved: 6,171 km
Ports/Harbors: Berdyans'k,Illichivs'k,Izmayil,Kerch,Kherson,Kiev (Kyyiv),Mariupol',Mykolayiv,Odesa,Reni
Rails: 23,350 km
Waterways: 4,400 km navigable waterways,of which 1,672 km were on the Pryp'yat' and Dnistr
Currency: 1 hryvna = 100 kopiykas
Exports: ferrous and nonferrous metals,fuel and petroleum products,machinery and transport equipment,food products
Farming: grain,sugar beets,sunflower seeds,vegetables; beef,milk
Imports: energy,machinery and parts,transportation equipment,chemicals
Industry: coal,electric power,ferrous and nonferrous metals,machinery and transport equipment,chemicals,food-processing (especially sugar)
Admin-Div: 24 oblasti (singular - oblast'), 1 autonomous republic*(avtomnaya respublika), and 2 municipalities (mista,singular - misto) with oblast status.
Capital: Kiev (Kyyiv)
Country-name: none: S/F Ukraine: Localy called: none, localy called: Ukrayina former: Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Gov-type: republic
United Arab Emirates
Population: 2,369,153 note: includes 1,576,472 non-nationals
Can Read: 79.2%;
Death-rate: 3.68 per Thousand
Ethnicity: Emiri 19%; other Arab and Iranian 23%; South Asian 50%; other expatriates (includes Westerners and East Asians) 8%
Infant-mortality: 17.17/1,000 born,die
Language: Arabic (official),Persian,English,Hindi,Urdu
Life-expectancy: 74.06 Years
Religions: Muslim 96%; (Shi'a 16%),Christian,Hindu,and other 4%;
Their Nation: noun: Emirian(s) adjective: Emirian
Area: 82,880 sq km land: 82,880 sq km
Climate: desert; cooler in eastern mountains
Farmable-Land-Use:pastures: 2%; other: 98%;
GeoNote: strategic location along southern approaches to Strait of Hormuz,a vital transit point for world crude oil
High/Low: lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m highest point: Jabal Yibir 1,527 m
Land-boundaries: 867 km border countries: Oman 410 km,Saudi Arabia 457 km
Location:Middle East,bordering the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf,between Oman and Saudi Arabia
Nat'l-Hazards: frequent sand and dust storms
Natural-resources: petroleum,natural gas
Terrain: flat,barren coastal plain merging into rolling sand dunes of vast desert wasteland; mountains in east
Cell Phones: 1 million
ISPs: 1
Phones: 915,223
Radio Stations: AM 13,FM 7,shortwave 2
Radios: 820,000
TV Stations: 15
TVs: 310,000
Airports: 40
Highways: 1,088 km paved: 1,088 km
Ports/Harbors: 'Ajman,Al Fujayrah,Das Island,Khawr Fakkan,Mina' Jabal 'Ali,Mina' Khalid,Mina' Rashid,Mina' Saqr,Mina' Zayid,Umm al Qaywayn
Currency: 1 Emirian dirham (Dh) = 100 fils
Exports: crude oil 45%; natural gas,reexports,dried fish,dates
Farming: dates,vegetables,watermelons; poultry,eggs,dairy products; fish
Imports: machinery and transport equipment,chemicals,food
Industry: petroleum,fishing,petrochemicals,construction materials,some boat building,handicrafts,pearling
Admin-Div: 7 emirates (imarat,singular - imarah); Abu Zaby (Abu Dhabi),'Ajman,Al Fujayrah,Ash Shariqah (Sharjah),Dubayy (Dubai),Ra's al Khaymah,Umm al Qaywayn
Capital: Abu Dhabi
Country-name: United Arab Emirates: S/F none: Localy called: Al Imarat al Arabiyah al Muttahidah former: Trucial States abbreviation: UAE
Gov-type: federation with specified powers delegated to the UAE federal government and other powers reserved to member emirates
Uganda
Population: 23,317,560
Can Read: 61.8%;
Death-rate: 18.44 per Thousand
Ethnicity: Baganda 17%; Karamojong 12%; Basogo 8%; Iteso 8%; Langi 6%; Rwanda 6%; Bagisu 5%; Acholi 4%; Lugbara 4%; Bunyoro 3%; Batobo 3%; non-African (European,Asian,Arab) 1%; other 23%;
Infant-mortality : 93.25/1,000 born,die
Language: English (official national language,taught in grade schools,used in courts of law and by most newspapers and some radio broadcasts),Ganda or Luganda (most widely used of the Niger- Congo languages,preferred for native language publications in the capital and may be taught in school),other Niger-Congo languages,Nilo-Saharan languages,Swahili,Arabic
Life-expectancy: 42.93 Years
Poverty-line: 55%;
Religions: Roman Catholic 33%; Protestant 33%; Muslim 16%; indigenous beliefs 18%;
Their Nation: noun: Ugandan(s) adjective: Ugandan
Area: 236,040 sq km land: 199,710 sq km water: 36,330 sq km
Climate tropical; generally rainy with two dry seasons (December to February,June to August); semiarid in northeast
Farmable-Land-Use: 25%; crops: 9%; pastures: 9%; woodland: 28%; other: 29%;
GeoNote: landlocked
High/Low: lowest point: Lake Albert 621 m highest point: Margherita Peak on Mount Stanley 5,110 m
Land-boundaries: 2,698 km border countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo 765 km,Kenya 933 km,Rwanda 169 km,Sudan 435 km,Tanzania 396 km
Location:Eastern Africa,west of Kenya
Natural-resources: copper,cobalt,hydropower,limestone,salt,arable land
Terrain: mostly plateau with rim of mountains
Cell Phones: 9,000
ISPs: 3
Phones: 54,074
Radio Stations: AM 19,FM 4,shortwave 5
Radios: 2.6 million
TV Stations: 8 (plus one low-power repeater)
TVs: 315,000
Airports: 26
Highways: 27,000 km paved: 1,800 km unpaved: 25,200 km
Ports/Harbors: Entebbe,Jinja,Port Bell
Rails: 1,241 km
Waterways: Lake Victoria,Lake Albert,Lake Kyoga,Lake George,Lake Edward,Victoria Nile,Albert Nile
Currency: 1 Ugandan shilling (USh) = 100 cents
Exports: coffee,fish and fish products,tea; electrical products,iron and steel
Farming: coffee,tea,cotton,tobacco,cassava (tapioca),potatoes,corn,millet,pulses; beef,goat meat,milk,poultry
Imports: vehicles,petroleum,medical supplies; cereals
Industry: sugar,brewing,tobacco,cotton textiles,cement
Admin-Div: 39 districts,
Capital: Kampala
Country-name: Republic of Uganda: S/F Uganda
Gov-type: republic
Ukraine
Population: 49,153,027
Can Read: 98%
Death-rate: 16.48 per Thousand
Ethnicity: Ukrainian 73%; Russian 22%; Jewish 1%; other 4%;
Infant-mortality : 21.67/1,000 born,die
Language: Ukrainian,Russian,Romanian,Polish,Hungarian
Life-expectancy: 65.98 Years
Poverty-line: 50%;
Religions: Ukrainian Orthodox - Moscow Patriarchate,Ukrainian Orthodox - Kiev Patriarchate,Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox,Ukrainian Catholic (Uniate),Protestant,Jewish
Their Nation: noun: Ukrainian(s) adjective: Ukrainian
Climate: temperate continental; Mediterranean only on the southern Crimean coast; precipitation disproportionately distributed,highest in west and north,lesser in east and southeast; winters vary from cool along the Black Sea to cold farther inland; summers are warm across the greater part of the country,hot in the south
Farmable-Land-Use: 58%; crops: 2%; pastures: 13%; woodland: 18%; other: 9%;
GeoNote: strategic position at the crossroads between Europe and Asia; second-largest country in Europe
High/Low: lowest point: Black Sea 0 m highest point: Hora Hoverla 2,061 m
Land-boundaries: 4,558 km border countries: Belarus 891 km,Hungary 103 km,Moldova 939 km,Poland 428 km,Romania (south) 169 km,Romania (west) 362 km,Russia 1,576 km,Slovakia 90 km
Location:Eastern Europe,bordering the Black Sea,between Poland and Russia
Natural-resources: iron ore,coal,manganese,natural gas,oil,salt,sulfur,graphite,titanium,magnesium,kaolin,nickel,mercury,timber,arable land
Terrain: most of Ukraine consists of fertile plains (steppes) and plateaus,mountains being found only in the west (the Carpathians),and in the Crimean Peninsula in the extreme south
Cell Phones: 236,000
ISPs: 35
Phones: 9.45 million
Radio Stations: AM 134,FM 289,shortwave 4
Radios: 45.05 million
TV Stations: at least 33 (plus 21 repeater stations that relay broadcasts from Russia)
TVs: 18.05 million
Airports: 706
Highways: 176,310 km paved: 170,139 km, unpaved: 6,171 km
Ports/Harbors: Berdyans'k,Illichivs'k,Izmayil,Kerch,Kherson,Kiev (Kyyiv),Mariupol',Mykolayiv,Odesa,Reni
Rails: 23,350 km
Waterways: 4,400 km navigable waterways,of which 1,672 km were on the Pryp'yat' and Dnistr
Currency: 1 hryvna = 100 kopiykas
Exports: ferrous and nonferrous metals,fuel and petroleum products,machinery and transport equipment,food products
Farming: grain,sugar beets,sunflower seeds,vegetables; beef,milk
Imports: energy,machinery and parts,transportation equipment,chemicals
Industry: coal,electric power,ferrous and nonferrous metals,machinery and transport equipment,chemicals,food-processing (especially sugar)
Admin-Div: 24 oblasti (oblast),1 autonomous republic*(avtomnaya respublika),and 2 municipalities (mista,singular - misto) with oblast status
Capital: Kiev (Kyyiv)
Country-name: none: S/F Ukraine: Localy called: none, localy called: Ukrayina former: Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Gov-type: republic
United Kingdom
Population: 59,511,464
Can-Read 99%
Death-rate: 10.38 per Thousand
Ethnicity: English 81.5%; Scottish 9.6%; Irish 2.4%; Welsh 1.9%; Ulster 1.8%; West Indian,Indian,Pakistani,and other 2.8%;
Infant-mortality : 5.63/1,000 born,die
Language: English,Welsh (about 26%; of the population of Wales),Scottish form of Gaelic (about 60,000 in Scotland)
Life-expectancy: 77.66 Years
Poverty-line: 17%;
Religions: Anglican 27 million,Roman Catholic 9 million,Muslim 1 million,Presbyterian 800,000,Methodist 760,000,Sikh 400,000,Hindu 350,000,Jewish 300,000
Their Nation: noun: Briton(s),British (collective plural) adjective: British
Area: 244,820 sq km land: 241,590 sq km water: 3,230 sq km note: includes Rockall and Shetland Islands
Climate temperate: moderated by prevailing southwest winds over the North Atlantic Current; more than one-half of the days are overcast
Farmable-Land-Use: 25%; pastures: 46%; woodland: 10%; other: 19%;
GeoNote: lies near vital North Atlantic sea lanes; only 35 km from France and now linked by tunnel under the English Channel; because of heavily indented coastline,no location is more than 125 km from tidal waters
High/Low: lowest point: Fenland -4 m highest point: Ben Nevis 1,343 m
Land-boundaries: 360 km border countries: Ireland 360 km
Location:Western Europe,islands including the northern one-sixth of the island of Ireland between the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea,northwest of France
Natural-resources: coal,petroleum,natural gas,tin,limestone,iron ore,salt,clay,chalk,gypsum,lead,silica,arable land
Terrain: mostly rugged hills and low mountains; level to rolling plains in east and southeast
Cell Phones: 13 million
ISPs: 364
Phones: 29.41 million
Radio Stations: AM 219,FM 431,shortwave 3
Radios: 84.5 million
TV Stations: 78
TVs: 30.5 million
Airports: 498
Highways: 371,603 km paved: 371,603 km
Ports/Harbors: Aberdeen,Belfast,Bristol,Cardiff,Dover,Falmouth,Felixstowe,Glasgow,Grangemouth,Hull,Leith,Liverpool,London,Manchester,Peterhead,Plymouth,Portsmouth,Scapa Flow,Southampton,Sullom Voe,Tees,Tyne
Rails: 16,878 km
Waterways: 3,200 km
Currency: 1 British pound = 100 pence
Exports: manufactured goods,fuels,chemicals; food,beverages,tobacco
Farming: cereals,oilseed,potatoes,vegetables; cattle,sheep,poultry; fish
Imports: manufactured goods,machinery,fuels; foodstuffs
Industry: production machinery including machine tools,electric power equipment,automation equipment,railroad equipment,shipbuilding,aircraft,motor vehicles and parts,electronics and communications equipment,metals,chemicals,coal,petroleum,paper and paper products,food processing,textiles,clothing,and other consumer goods
Admin-Div: 47 counties,7 metropolitan counties,26 districts,9 regions,and 3 islands areas;
Capital: London
Country-name: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: S/F United Kingdom abbreviation: UK
Gov-type: constitutional monarchy
UNITED STATES
Population: 275,562,673
Can Read: 97%
Death-rate: 8.7 per Thousand
Ethnicity: white 83.5%; black 12.4%; Asian 3.3%; Amerindian 0.8% note: a separate listing for Hispanic is not included because the US Census Bureau considers Hispanic to mean a person of Latin American descent (especially of Cuban,Mexican,or Puerto Rican origin) living in the US who may be of any race or ethnic group (white,black,Asian,etc.)
Infant-mortality : 6.82/1,000 born,die
Language: English,Spanish (spoken by a sizable minority)
Life-expectancy: 77.12 Years
Poverty-line: 12.7%;
Poverty-line: 12.7%;
Religions: Protestant 56%; Roman Catholic 28%; Jewish 2%; other 4%; none 10%
Their Nation: noun: American(s) adjective: American
Area: 9,629,091 sq km land: 9,158,960 sq km water: 470,131 sq km note: includes only the 50 states and District of Columbia
Climate: mostly temperate,but tropical in Hawaii and Florida,arctic in Alaska,semiarid in the great plains west of the Mississippi River,and arid in the Great Basin of the southwest; low winter temperatures in the northwest are ameliorated occasionally in January and February by warm chinook winds from the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains
Farmable-Land-Use: 19%; pastures: 25%; woodland: 30%; other: 26%;
GeoNote: world's third-largest country (after Russia and Canada)
High/Low: lowest point: Death Valley -86 m highest point: Mount McKinley 6,194 m
Land-boundaries: 12,248 km border countries: Canada 8,893 km (including 2,477 km with Alaska),Cuba 29 km (US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay),Mexico 3,326 km note: Guantanamo Naval Base is leased by the US and thus remains part of Cuba
Location:North America,bordering both the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Pacific Ocean,between Canada and Mexico
Nat'l-Hazards: tsunamis,volcanoes,and earthquake activity around Pacific Basin; hurricanes along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts; tornadoes in the midwest and southeast; mud slides in California; forest fires in the west; flooding; permafrost in northern Alaska,a major impediment to development
Natural-resources: coal,copper,lead,molybdenum,phosphates,uranium,bauxite,gold,iron,mercury,nickel,potash,silver,tungsten,zinc,petroleum,natural gas,timber
Terrain: vast central plain,mountains in west,hills and low mountains in east; rugged mountains and broad river valleys in Alaska; rugged,volcanic topography in Hawaii
Cell Phones: 55.312 million
ISPs: 7,600
Phones: 178 million
Radio Stations: AM about 5,000,FM about 5,000,shortwave 18
Radios: 575 million
TV Stations: more than 1,500
TVs: 219 million
Airports: 14,572
Highways: 6,348,227 km paved: 3,732,757 km. unpaved: 2,615,470 km
Ports/Harbors: Anchorage,Baltimore,Boston,Charleston,Chicago,Duluth,Hampton Roads,Honolulu,Houston,Jacksonville,Los Angeles,New Orleans,New York,Philadelphia,Port Canaveral, Portland (Oregon),Prudhoe Bay,San Francisco,Savannah,Seattle,Tampa,Toledo
Rails: 240,000 km.
Waterways: 41,009 km of navigable inland channels,exclusive of the Great Lakes
Currency: 1 United States dollar (US$) = 100 cents
Exports: capital goods,automobiles,industrial supplies and raw materials,consumer goods,agricultural products
Farming: wheat,other grains,corn,fruits,vegetables,cotton; beef,pork,poultry,dairy products; forest products; fish
Imports: crude oil and refined petroleum products,machinery,automobiles,consumer goods,industrial raw materials,food and beverages
Industry: leading industrial power in the world,highly diversified and technologically advanced; petroleum,steel,motor vehicles,aerospace,telecommunications,chemicals,electronics,food processing,consumer goods,lumber,mining
Admin-Div: 50 states and 1 district:
Capital: Washington,DC
Country-name: United States of America: S/F United States abbreviation: US or USA
Gov-type: federal republic; strong democratic tradition
Uruguay
Population: 3,334,074
Can Read: 97.3%;
Death-rate: 9.06 per Thousand
Ethnicity: white 88%; mestizo 8%; black 4%; Amerindian,practically nonexistent
Infant-mortality : 15.14/1,000 born,die
Language: Spanish,Portunol,or Brazilero (Portuguese-Spanish mix on the Brazilian frontier)
Life-expectancy: 75.24 Years
Religions: Roman Catholic 66%; (less than one-half of the adult population attends church regularly),Protestant 2%; Jewish 2%; nonprofessing or other 30%;
Their Nation: noun: Uruguayan(s) adjective: Uruguayan
Area: 176,220 sq km land: 173,620 sq km water: 2,600 sq km
Climate: warm temperate; freezing temperatures almost unknown
Farmable-Land-Use: 7%; pastures: 77%; woodland: 6%; other: 10%;
High/Low:Low Ocean level highest point: Cerro Catedral 514 m
Land-boundaries: 1,564 km border countries: Argentina 579 km,Brazil 985 km
Location:Southern South America,bordering the South Atlantic Ocean,between Argentina and Brazil
Nat'l-Hazards: seasonally high winds (the pampero is a chilly and occasional violent wind which blows north from the Argentine pampas),droughts,floods; because of the absence of mountains, which act as weather barriers,all locations are particularly vulnerable to rapid changes in weather fronts
Natural-resources: arable land,hydropower,minor minerals,fisheries
Terrain: mostly rolling plains and low hills; fertile coastal lowland
Cell Phones: 40,000
ISPs: 5
Phones: 622,000
Radio Stations: AM 94,FM 115,shortwave 14 (seven are inactive)
Radios: 1.97 million
TV Stations: 26 (plus ten low-power repeaters for the Montevideo station)
TVs: 782,000
Airports: 65
Highways: 8,983 km paved: 8,085 km unpaved: 898 km
Ports/Harbors: Fray Bentos,Montevideo,Nueva Palmira,Paysandu,Punta del Este,Colonia,Piriapolis
Rails: 2,073 km.
Waterways: 1,600 km; used by coastal and shallow-draft river craft
Currency: 1 Uruguayan peso ($Ur) = 100 centesimos
Exports: meat,rice,leather products,vehicles,dairy products,wool,electricity
Farming: wheat,rice,barley,corn,sorghum; livestock; fish
Imports: road vehicles,electrical machinery,metal manufactures,heavy industrial machinery,crude petroleum
Industry: food processing,electrical machinery,transportation equipment,petroleum products,textiles,chemicals,beverages other: 0.47%;
Admin-Div: 19 departments (departamentos,singular - departamento)
Capital: Montevideo
Country-name: Oriental Republic of Uruguay: S/F Uruguay: Localy called: Republica Oriental del Uruguay, localy called: Uruguay
Gov-type: republic
Population: 3,334,074
Can Read: 97.3%;
Death-rate: 9.06 per Thousand
Ethnicity: white 88%; mestizo 8%; black 4%; Amerindian,practically nonexistent
Infant-mortality : 15.14/1,000 born,die
Language: Spanish,Portunol,or Brazilero (Portuguese-Spanish mix on the Brazilian frontier)
Life-expectancy: 75.24 Years
Religions: Roman Catholic 66%; (less than one-half of the adult population attends church regularly),Protestant 2%; Jewish 2%; nonprofessing or other 30%;
Their Nation: noun: Uruguayan(s) adjective: Uruguayan
Area: 176,220 sq km land: 173,620 sq km water: 2,600 sq km
Climate: warm temperate; freezing temperatures almost unknown
Farmable-Land-Use: 7%; pastures: 77%; woodland: 6%; other: 10%;
High/Low:Low Ocean level highest point: Cerro Catedral 514 m
Land-boundaries: 1,564 km border countries: Argentina 579 km,Brazil 985 km
Location:Southern South America,bordering the South Atlantic Ocean,between Argentina and Brazil
Nat'l-Hazards: seasonally high winds (the pampero is a chilly and occasional violent wind which blows north from the Argentine pampas),droughts,floods; because of the absence of mountains, which act as weather barriers,all locations are particularly vulnerable to rapid changes in weather fronts
Natural-resources: arable land,hydropower,minor minerals,fisheries
Terrain: mostly rolling plains and low hills; fertile coastal lowland
Cell Phones: 40,000
ISPs: 5
Phones: 622,000
Radio Stations: AM 94,FM 115,shortwave 14 (seven are inactive)
Radios: 1.97 million
TV Stations: 26
TVs: 782,000
Airports: 65
Highways: 8,983 km paved: 8,085 km unpaved: 898 km
Ports/Harbors: Fray Bentos,Montevideo,Nueva Palmira,Paysandu,Punta del Este,Colonia,Piriapolis
Rails: 2,073 km.
Waterways: 1,600 km; used by coastal and shallow-draft river craft
Currency: 1 Uruguayan peso ($Ur) = 100 centesimos
Exports: meat,rice,leather products,vehicles,dairy products,wool,electricity
Farming: wheat,rice,barley,corn,sorghum; livestock; fish
Imports: road vehicles,electrical machinery,metal manufactures,heavy industrial machinery,crude petroleum
Industry: food processing,electrical machinery,transportation equipment,petroleum products,textiles,chemicals,beverages other: 0.47%;
Admin-Div: 19 departments (departamentos,singular - departamento);
Capital: Montevideo
Country-name: Oriental Republic of Uruguay: S/F Uruguay: Localy called: Republica Oriental del Uruguay, localy called: Uruguay
Gov-type: republic
UZBEKISTAN
Population: 24,755,519
Can Read: 99%;
Death-rate: 8.02 per Thousand
Ethnicity: Uzbek 80%; Russian 5.5%; Tajik 5%; Kazakh 3%; Karakalpak 2.5%; Tatar 1.5%; other 2.5%;
Infant-mortality : 72.13/1,000 born,die
Language: Uzbek 74.3%; Russian 14.2%; Tajik 4.4%; other 7.1%;
Life-expectancy: 63.71 Years (~
Religions: Muslim 88%; (mostly Sunnis),Eastern Orthodox 9%; other 3%;
Their Nation: noun: Uzbekistani(s) adjective: Uzbekistani
Area: 447,400 sq km land: 425,400 sq km water: 22,000 sq km
Climate: mostly midlatitude desert,long,hot summers,mild winters; semiarid grassland in east
Farmable-Land-Use: 9%; crops: 1%; pastures: 46%; woodland: 3%; other: 41%;
GeoNote: along with Liechtenstein,one of the only two doubly landlocked countries in the world
High/Low: lowest point: Sariqarnish Kuli -12 m highest point: Adelunga Toghi 4,301 m
Land-boundaries: 6,221 km border countries: Afghanistan 137 km,Kazakhstan 2,203 km,Kyrgyzstan 1,099 km,Tajikistan 1,161 km,Turkmenistan 1,621 km
Location:Central Asia,north of Afghanistan
Natural-resources: natural gas,petroleum,coal,gold,uranium,silver,copper,lead and zinc,tungsten,molybdenum
Terrain: mostly flat-to-rolling sandy desert with dunes; broad,flat intensely irrigated river valleys along course of Amu Darya,Sirdaryo (Syr Darya),and Zarafshon; Fergana Valley in east surrounded by mountainous Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan; shrinking Aral Sea in west
Cell Phones: 26,000
ISPs: 1
Phones: 1.976 million
Radio Stations: AM 20,FM 7,shortwave 10
Radios: 10.2 million
TV Stations: 4 (plus two repeater stations that relay Russian,Kazakh,Kyrgyz,and Tadzhik programs)
TVs: 6.4 million
Airports: 3
Highways: 81,600 km paved: 71,237 km unpaved: 10,363 km
Ports/Harbors: Termiz (Amu Darya river)
Rails: 3,380 km
Waterways: 1,100 km
Currency: Uzbekistani som (UKS)
Exports: cotton,gold,natural gas,mineral fertilizers,ferrous metals,textiles,food products,automobiles
Farming: cotton,vegetables,fruits,grain; livestock
Imports: machinery and equipment,chemicals,metals; foodstuffs
Industry: textiles,food processing,machine building,metallurgy,natural gas
Admin-Div: 12 wiloyatlar (singular - wiloyat), 1 autonomous republic (respublikasi),and 1 city (shahri)
Capital: Tashkent (Toshkent)
Country-name: Republic of Uzbekistan: S/F Uzbekistan: Localy called: Uzbekiston Respublikasi former: Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic
Gov-type: republic; effectively authoritarian presidential rule,with little power outside the executive branch; executive power concentrated in the presidency
Uzbekistan
Population: 24,755,519
Can Read: 99%;
Death-rate: 8.02 per Thousand
Ethnicity: Uzbek 80%; Russian 5.5%; Tajik 5%; Kazakh 3%; Karakalpak 2.5%; Tatar 1.5%; other 2.5%;
Infant-mortality : 72.13/1,000 born,die
Language: Uzbek 74.3%; Russian 14.2%; Tajik 4.4%; other 7.1%;
Life-expectancy: 63.71 Years (~
Religions: Muslim 88%; (mostly Sunnis),Eastern Orthodox 9%; other 3%;
Their Nation: noun: Uzbekistani(s) adjective: Uzbekistani
Area: 447,400 sq km land: 425,400 sq km water: 22,000 sq km
Climate: mostly midlatitude desert,long,hot summers,mild winters; semiarid grassland in east
Farmable-Land-Use: 9%; crops: 1%; pastures: 46%; woodland: 3%; other: 41%;
GeoNote: along with Liechtenstein,one of the only two doubly landlocked countries in the world
High/Low: lowest point: Sariqarnish Kuli -12 m highest point: Adelunga Toghi 4,301 m
Land-boundaries: 6,221 km border countries: Afghanistan 137 km,Kazakhstan 2,203 km,Kyrgyzstan 1,099 km,Tajikistan 1,161 km,Turkmenistan 1,621 km
Location:Central Asia,north of Afghanistan
Natural-resources: natural gas,petroleum,coal,gold,uranium,silver,copper,lead and zinc,tungsten,molybdenum
Terrain: mostly flat-to-rolling sandy desert with dunes; broad,flat intensely irrigated river valleys along course of Amu Darya,Sirdaryo (Syr Darya),and Zarafshon; Fergana Valley in east surrounded by mountainous Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan; shrinking Aral Sea in west
Cell Phones: 26,000
ISPs: 1
Phones: 1.976 million
Radio Stations: AM 20,FM 7,shortwave 10
Radios: 10.2 million
TV Stations: 4 (plus two repeater stations that relay Russian,Kazakh,Kyrgyz,and Tadzhik programs)
TVs: 6.4 million
Airports: 3
Highways: 81,600 km paved: 71,237 km,unpaved: 10,363 km.
Ports/Harbors: Termiz (Amu Darya river)
Rails: 3,380 km
Waterways: 1,100 km
Currency: Uzbekistani som (UKS)
Exports: cotton,gold,natural gas,mineral fertilizers,ferrous metals,textiles,food products,automobiles
Farming: cotton,vegetables,fruits,grain; livestock
Imports: machinery and equipment,chemicals,metals; foodstuffs
Industry: textiles,food processing,machine building,metallurgy,natural gas
Admin-Div: 12 wiloyatlar (wiloyat),1 autonomous republic (respublikasi),and 1 city(shahri):
Capital: Tashkent (Toshkent)
Country-name: Republic of Uzbekistan: S/F Uzbekistan: Localy called: Uzbekiston Respublikasi former: Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic
Gov-type: republic; effectively authoritarian presidential rule,with little power outside the executive branch; executive power concentrated in the presidency
Venezuela
Population: 23,542,649
Can Read: 91.1%;
Death-rate: 4.94 per Thousand
Ethnicity: Spanish,Italian,Portuguese,Arab,German,African,indigenous people
Infant-mortality : 26.17/1,000 born,die
Language: Spanish (official),numerous indigenous dialects
Life-expectancy: 73.07 Years
Poverty-line: 67%;
Religions: nominally Roman Catholic 96%; Protestant 2%;
Their Nation: noun: Venezuelan(s) adjective: Venezuelan
Area: 912,050 sq km land: 882,050 sq km water: 30,000 sq km
Climate tropical; hot,humid; more moderate in highlands
Farmable-Land-Use: 4%; crops: 1%; pastures: 20%; woodland: 34%; other: 41%;
GeoNote: on major sea and air routes linking North and South America
High/Low: lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m highest point: Pico Bolivar (La Columna) 5,007 m
Land-boundaries: 4,993 km border countries: Brazil 2,200 km,Colombia 2,050 km,Guyana 743 km
Location:Northern South America,bordering the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean,between Colombia and Guyana
Nat'l-Hazards: subject to floods,rockslides,mud slides; periodic droughts
Natural-resources: petroleum,natural gas,iron ore,gold,bauxite,other minerals,hydropower,diamonds
Terrain: Andes Mountains and Maracaibo Lowlands in northwest; central plains (llanos); Guiana Highlands in southeast
Cell Phones: 2 million
ISPs: 11
Phones: 2.6 million
Radio Stations: AM 201,(20 in Caracas),shortwave 11
Radios: 10.75 million
TV Stations: 66 (plus 45 repeaters)
TVs: 4.1 million
Airports: 366
Highways: 96,155 km paved: 32,308 km unpaved: 63,847 km
Ports/Harbors: Amuay,Bajo Grande,El Tablazo,La Guaira,La Salina,Maracaibo,Matanzas,Palua,Puerto Cabello,Puerto la Cruz,Puerto Ordaz,Puerto Sucre,Punta Cardon
Rails: 584 km.
Waterways: 7,100 km; Rio Orinoco and Lago de Maracaibo accept oceangoing vessels
Currency: 1 bolivar (Bs) = 100 centimos
Exports: petroleum,bauxite and aluminum,steel,chemicals,agricultural products,basic manufactures
Farming: corn,sorghum,sugarcane,rice,bananas,vegetables,coffee; beef,pork,milk,eggs; fish
Imports: raw materials,machinery and equipment,transport equipment,construction materials
Industry: petroleum,iron ore mining,construction materials,food processing,textiles,steel,aluminum,motor vehicle assembly
Admin-Div: 23 states (estados,singular - estado), 1 federal district (distrito federal),and 1 federal dependency (dependencia federal)
Capital: Caracas
Country-name: Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela: S/F Venezuela: Localy called: Republica Bolivariana de Venezuela, localy called: Venezuela
Gov-type: federal republic
Venezuela
Population: 23,542,649
Can Read: 91.1%;
Death-rate: 4.94 per Thousand
Ethnicity: Spanish,Italian,Portuguese,Arab,German,African,indigenous people
Infant-mortality : 26.17/1,000 born,die
Language: Spanish (official),numerous indigenous dialects
Life-expectancy: 73.07 Years
Poverty-line: 67%;
Religions: nominally Roman Catholic 96%; Protestant 2%;
Their Nation: noun: Venezuelan(s) adjective: Venezuelan
Area: 912,050 sq km land: 882,050 sq km water: 30,000 sq km
Climate tropical; hot,humid; more moderate in highlands
Farmable-Land-Use: 4%; crops: 1%; pastures: 20%; woodland: 34%; other: 41%;
GeoNote: on major sea and air routes linking North and South America
High/Low: lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m highest point: Pico Bolivar (La Columna) 5,007 m
Land-boundaries: 4,993 km border countries: Brazil 2,200 km,Colombia 2,050 km,Guyana 743 km
Location:Northern South America,bordering the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean,between Colombia and Guyana
Nat'l-Hazards: subject to floods,rockslides,mud slides; periodic droughts
Natural-resources: petroleum,natural gas,iron ore,gold,bauxite,other minerals,hydropower,diamonds
Terrain: Andes Mountains and Maracaibo Lowlands in northwest; central plains (llanos); Guiana Highlands in southeast
Cell Phones: 2 million
ISPs: 11
Phones: 2.6 million
Radio Stations: AM 201,FM (20 in Caracas),shortwave 11
Radios: 10.75 million
TV Stations: 66 (plus 45 repeaters)
TVs: 4.1 million
Airports: 366
Highways: 96,155 km paved: 32,308 km unpaved: 63,847 km
Ports/Harbors: Amuay,Bajo Grande,El Tablazo,La Guaira,La Salina,Maracaibo,Matanzas,Palua,Puerto Cabello,Puerto la Cruz,Puerto Ordaz,Puerto Sucre,Punta Cardon
Rails: 584 km.
Waterways: 7,100 km; Rio Orinoco and Lago de Maracaibo accept oceangoing vessels
Currency: 1 bolivar (Bs) = 100 centimos
Exports: petroleum,bauxite and aluminum,steel,chemicals,agricultural products,basic manufactures
Farming: corn,sorghum,sugarcane,rice,bananas,vegetables,coffee; beef,pork,milk,eggs; fish
Imports: raw materials,machinery and equipment,transport equipment,construction materials
Industry: petroleum,iron ore mining,construction materials,food processing,textiles,steel,aluminum,motor vehicle assembly
Admin-Div: 23 states (estados,singular - estado),1 federal district*(distrito federal),and 1 federal dependency** (dependencia federal):
Capital: Caracas
Country-name: Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela: S/F Venezuela: Localy called: Republica Bolivariana de Venezuela, localy called: Venezuela
Gov-type: federal republic
Vietnam
Population: 78,773,873
Can Read: 93.7%;
Death-rate: 6.26 per Thousand
Ethnicity: Vietnamese 85%-90%; Chinese 3%; Muong,Tai,Meo,Khmer,Man,Cham
Infant-mortality : 31.13/1,000 born,die
Language: Vietnamese (official),Chinese,English,French,Khmer,tribal languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian)
Life-expectancy: 69.27 Years
Poverty-line: 37%;
Religions: Buddhist,Taoist,Roman Catholic,indigenous beliefs,Muslim,Protestant,Cao Dai,Hoa Hao
Their Nation: noun: Vietnamese (singular and plural) adjective: Vietnamese
Area: 329,560 sq km land: 325,360 sq km water: 4,200 sq km
Climate: tropical in south; monsoonal in north with hot,rainy season (mid-May to mid-September) and warm,dry season (mid-October to mid-March)
Farmable-Land-Use: 17%; crops: 4%; pastures: 1%; woodland: 30%; other: 48%;
High/Low: lowest point: South China Sea 0 m highest point: Ngoc Linh 3,143 m
Land-boundaries: 4,639 km border countries: Cambodia 1,228 km,China 1,281 km,Laos 2,130 km
Location:Southeastern Asia,bordering the Gulf of Thailand,Gulf of Tonkin,and South China Sea,alongside China,Laos,and Cambodia
Nat'l-Hazards: occasional typhoons (May to January) with extensive flooding
Natural-resources: phosphates,coal,manganese,bauxite,chromate,offshore oil and gas deposits,forests,hydropower
Terrain: low,flat delta in south and north; central highlands; hilly,mountainous in far north and northwest
Cell Phones: 178,000
ISPs: 5
Phones: 775,000
Radio Stations: AM 65,FM 7,shortwave 29
Radios: 8.2 million
TV Stations: at least 7 (plus 13 repeaters)
TVs: 3.57 million
Airports: 48
Highways: 93,300 km paved: 23,418 km unpaved: 69,882 km
Ports/Harbors: Cam Ranh,Da Nang,Haiphong,Ho Chi Minh City,Hong Gai,Qui Nhon,Nha Trang
Rails: 2,652 km
Waterways: 17,702 km navigable; more than 5,149 km navigable at all times by vessels up to 1.8 m draft
Currency: 1 new dong (D) = 100 xu
Exports: crude oil,marine products,rice,coffee,rubber,tea,garments,shoes
Farming: paddy rice,corn,potatoes,rubber,soybeans,coffee,tea,bananas; poultry,pigs; fish
Imports: machinery and equipment,petroleum products,fertilizer,steel products,raw cotton,grain,cement,motorcycles
Industry: food processing,garments,shoes,machine building,mining,cement,chemical fertilizer,glass,tires,oil,coal,steel,paper
Admin-Div: 58 provinces (tinh),3 municipalities (thu do)
Capital: Hanoi
Country-name: Socialist Republic of Vietnam: S/F Vietnam: Localy called: Cong Hoa Chu Nghia Viet Nam, localy called: Viet Nam abbreviation: SRV
Gov-type: Communist state
WEST BANK
Population: 2,020,298 note: in addition,there are some 171,000 Israeli settlers in the West Bank and about 172,000 in East Jerusalem
Death-rate: 4.49 per Thousand
Ethnicity: Palestinian Arab and other 83%; Jewish 17%;
Infant-mortality : 22.33/1,000 born,die
Language: Arabic,Hebrew (spoken by Israeli settlers and many Palestinians),English (widely understood)
Life-expectancy: 72.08 Years
Religions: Muslim 75%; (predominantly Sunni),Jewish 17%; Christian and other 8%;
Area: 5,860 sq km land: 5,640 sq km water: 220 sq km note: includes West Bank,Latrun Salient,and the northwest quarter of the Dead Sea,but excludes Mt. Scopus; East Jerusalem and Jerusalem No Man's Land are also included only as a means of depicting the entire area occupied by Israel in 1967
Climate: temperate,temperature and precipitation vary with altitude,warm to hot summers,cool to mild winters
Farmable-Land-Use: 27%; pastures: 32%; woodland: 1%; other: 40%;
GeoNote: landlocked; highlands are main recharge area for Israel's coastal aquifers; there are 231 Israeli settlements and civilian land use sites in the West Bank and 29 in East Jerusalem (August 1999)
High/Low: lowest point: Dead Sea -408 m highest point: Tall Asur 1,022 m
Land-boundaries: 404 km border countries: Israel 307 km,Jordan 97 km
Location:Middle East,west of Jordan
Natural-resources: arable land
Terrain: mostly rugged dissected upland,some vegetation in west,but barren in east
ISPs: 8
Phones: 95,729 (total for West Bank and Gaza Strip)
Phones: about 2,000
Radio Stations: AM 1,
Radios: 56,000
Radios: most Palestinian households have radios
TVs: many Palestinian households have televisions
Airports: 12
Highways: 4,500 km paved: 2,700 km unpaved: 1,800 km note: Israelis have developed many highways to service Jewish settlements
Highways: 6,200 km paved: 1,350 km unpaved: 4,850 km
Ports/Harbors: Ad Dakhla,Cabo Bojador,Laayoune (El Aaiun)
Currency: 1 new Israeli shekel (NIS) = 100 new agorot; 1 Jordanian dinar (JD) = 1,000 fils
Exports: olives,fruit,vegetables,limestone
Farming: olives,citrus,vegetables; beef,dairy products
Imports: food,consumer goods,construction materials
Industry: generally small family businesses that produce cement,textiles,soap,olive-wood carvings,and mother-of-pearl souvenirs; the Israelis have established some small-scale,modern industries in the settlements and industrial centers
Country-name: none: S/F West Bank
Yemen
Population: 17,479,206
Can Read: 38%
Death-rate: 9.86 per Thousand
Ethnicity: predominantly Arab; but also Afro-Arab,South Asians,Europeans
Infant-mortality : 70.28/1,000 born,die
Language: Arabic
Religions: Muslim including Shaf'i (Sunni) and Zaydi (Shi'a),small numbers of Jewish,Christian,and Hindu
Their Nation: noun: Yemeni(s) adjective: Yemeni
Total Life-expectancy: 59.83 Years
Area: 527,970 sq km
Climate: mostly desert; hot and humid along west coast; temperate in western mountains affected by seasonal monsoon; extraordinarily hot,dry,harsh desert in east
Farmable-Land-Use: 3%; pastures: 30%; woodland: 4%; other: 63%;
GeoNote: strategic location on Bab el Mandeb,the strait linking the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden,one of world's most active shipping lanes
High/Low: lowest point: Arabian Sea 0 m highest point: Jabal an Nabi Shu'ayb 3,760 m
Land-boundaries: 1,746 km border countries: Oman 288 km,Saudi Arabia 1,458 km
Location:Middle East,bordering the Arabian Sea,Gulf of Aden,and Red Sea,between Oman and Saudi Arabia
Nat'l-Hazards: sandstorms and dust storms in summer
Natural-resources: petroleum,fish,rock salt,marble,small deposits of coal,gold,lead,nickel,and copper,fertile soil in west
Terrain: narrow coastal plain backed by flat-topped hills and rugged mountains; dissected upland desert plains in center slope into the desert interior of the Arabian Peninsula
Cell Phones: 8,250
ISPs: 1
Phones: 188,000
Radio Stations: AM 6,FM 1,shortwave 2
Radios: 1.05 million
TV Stations: 7
TVs: 470,000
Airports: 50
Highways: 67,000 km paved: 7,700 km unpaved: 59,300 km
Ports/Harbors: Aden,Al Hudaydah,Al Mukalla,As Salif,Mocha,Nishtun
Currency: Yemeni rial (YER) = 100 fils
Exports: crude oil,cotton,coffee,dried and salted fish
Farming: grain,fruits,vegetables,qat (mildly narcotic shrub),coffee,cotton; dairy products,poultry,beef; fish
Imports: food and live animals,machinery and equipment,manufactured goods
Industry: crude oil production and petroleum refining; small-scale production of cotton textiles and leather goods; food processing; handicrafts; small aluminum products factory; cement
Admin-Div: 17 governorates (muhafazat,singular - muhafazah)
Capital: Sanaa
Country-name: Republic of Yemen: S/F Yemen: Localy called: Al Jumhuriyah al Yamaniyah, localy called: Al Yaman
Gov-type: republic
ZAMBIA
Population: 9,582,418
Can-Read;total population: 78.2%; male: 85.6%; female: 71.3%;
Death-rate: 22.08 per Thousand
Ethnicity: African 98.7%; European 1.1%; other 0.2%;
Infant-mortality : 92.38/1,000 born,die
Language: English (official),major vernaculars - Bemba,Kaonda,Lozi,Lunda,Luvale,Nyanja,Tonga,and about 70 other indigenous languages
Poverty-line: 86%;
Religions: Christian 50%-75%; Muslim and Hindu 24%-49%; indigenous beliefs 1%;
Their Nation: noun: Zambian(s) adjective: Zambian
Total Life-expectancy: 37.24 Years
Area: 752,614 sq km land: 740,724 sq km water: 11,890 sq km
Climate: tropical; modified by altitude; rainy season (October to April)
Farmable-Land-Use: 7%; pastures: 40%; woodland: 39%; other: 14%;
GeoNote: landlocked
High/Low: lowest point: Zambezi river 329 m highest point: unnamed location in Mafinga Hills 2,301 m
Land-boundaries: 5,664 km border countries: Angola 1,110 km,Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,930 km,Malawi 837 km,Mozambique 419 km,Namibia 233 km,Tanzania 338 km, Zimbabwe 797 km
Location:Southern Africa,east of Angola
Nat'l-Hazards: tropical storms (November to April)
Natural-resources: copper,cobalt,zinc,lead,coal,emeralds,gold,silver,uranium,hydropower
Terrain: mostly high plateau with some hills and mountains
Cell Phones: 6,000
ISPs: 3
Phones: 77,935 (in addition there are about 40,000 fixed telephones in wireless local loop connections)
Radio Stations: AM 19,FM 5,shortwave 4
Radios: 1.03 million
TV Stations: 9
TVs: 277,000
Airports: 112
Highways: 66,781 km
Ports/Harbors: Mpulungu
Rails: 2,164 km
Waterways: 2,250 km,including Zambezi and Luapula rivers,Lake Tanganyika
Currency: 1 Zambian kwacha (ZK) = 100 ngwee
Exports: copper,cobalt,electricity,tobacco
Farming: corn,sorghum,rice,peanuts,sunflower seed,tobacco,cotton,sugarcane,cassava (tapioca); cattle,goats,pigs,poultry,beef,pork,poultry,milk,eggs,hides; coffee
Imports: machinery,transportation equipment,foodstuffs,fuels,petroleum products,electricity,fertilizer
Industry: copper mining and processing,construction,foodstuffs,beverages,chemicals,textiles,fertilizer
Admin-Div: 9 provinces; Central,Copperbelt,Eastern,Luapula,Lusaka,Northern,North-Western,Southern,Western
Capital: Lusaka
Country-name: Republic of Zambia: S/F Zambia former: Northern Rhodesia
Gov-type: republic
Zimbabwe
Population: 11,342,521
Can-Read: 85%;
Death-rate: 22.43 per Thousand
Ethnicity: African 98%; (Shona 71%; Ndebele 16%; other 11%),white 1%; mixed and Asian 1%;
Infant-mortality : 62.25/1,000 born,die
Language: English (official),Shona,Sindebele (the language of the Ndebele,sometimes called Ndebele),numerous but minor tribal dialects
Poverty-line: 60%;
Religions: syncretic (part Christian,part indigenous beliefs) 50%; Christian 25%; indigenous beliefs 24%; Muslim and other 1%;
Their Nation: noun: Zimbabwean(s) adjective: Zimbabwean
Total Life-expectancy: 37.78 Years (~
Area: 390,580 sq km land: 386,670 sq km water: 3,910 sq km
Climate tropical;: moderated by altitude; rainy season (November to March)
Farmable-Land-Use: 7%; pastures: 13%; woodland: 23%; other: 57%;
GeoNote: landlocked
High/Low: lowest point: junction of the Runde and Save rivers 162 m highest point: Inyangani 2,592 m
Land-boundaries: 3,066 km border countries: Botswana 813 km,Mozambique 1,231 km,South Africa 225 km,Zambia 797 km
Location: Southern Africa,between South Africa and Zambia
Nat'l-Hazards: recurring droughts; floods and severe storms are rare
Natural-resources: coal,chromium ore,asbestos,gold,nickel,copper,iron ore,vanadium,lithium,tin,platinum group metals
Terrain: mostly high plateau with higher central plateau (high veld); mountains in east
Cell Phones: 70,000
ISPs: 10
Phones: 212,000 (in addition there are about 20,000 fixed telephones in wireless local loop connections)
Radio Stations: AM 7,FM 20 (plus 17 repeater stations),shortwave 1
Radios: 1.14 million
TV Stations: 16
TVs: 370,000
@Zimbabwe:Transportation
Airports: 459
Highways: 18,338 km
Ports/Harbors: Binga,Kariba
Rails: 2,759 km
Waterways: the Mazoe and Zambezi rivers are used for transporting chrome ore from Harare to Mozambique
Currency: 1 Zimbabwean dollar (Z$) = 100 cents
Exports: tobacco 23%; gold 14%; ferroalloys 7%; cotton 6%;
Farming: corn,cotton,tobacco,wheat,coffee,sugarcane,peanuts; cattle,sheep,goats,pigs
Imports: machinery and transport equipment 39%; other manufactures 18%; chemicals 15%; fuels 10%;
Industry: mining (coal,gold,copper,nickel,tin,clay,numerous metallic and nonmetallic ores),steel,wood products,cement,chemicals,fertilizer,clothing and footwear,foodstuffs,beverages
Admin-Div: 8 provinces and 2 cities with provincial status.
Capital: Harare
Country-name: Republic of Zimbabwe: S/F Zimbabwe former: Southern Rhodesia,Rhodesia
Gov-type: parliamentary democracy
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