The 1997 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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СКАЧАТЬ military service: males: 722,715 (1997 est.)

      Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 30,942 (1997 est.)

      Military expenditures - dollar figure: $75 million (1992)

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP: NA%

      Transnational Issues

      Disputes - international: Armenia supports ethnic Armenians in the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan in the longstanding, separatist conflict against the Azerbaijani Government; traditional demands on former Armenian lands in Turkey have subsided

      Illicit drugs: illicit cultivator of cannabis mostly for domestic consumption; used as a transshipment point for illicit drugs to Western Europe and the US ______________________________________________________________________

      ARUBA

      (part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)

      @Aruba:Geography

      Location: Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, north of Venezuela

      Geographic coordinates: 12 30 N, 69 58 W

      Map references: Central America and the Caribbean

      Area: total: 193 sq km land: 193 sq km water: 0 sq km

      Area - comparative: slightly larger than Washington, DC

      Land boundaries: 0 km

      Coastline: 68.5 km

      Maritime claims: territorial sea: 12 nm

      Climate: tropical marine; little seasonal temperature variation

      Terrain: flat with a few hills; scant vegetation

      Elevation extremes: lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m highest point: Mount Jamanota 188 m

      Natural resources: negligible; white sandy beaches

      Land use: arable land: 11% permanent crops: NA% permanent pastures: NA% forests and woodland: NA% other: 89% (1993 est.)

      Irrigated land: NA sq km

      Natural hazards: lies outside the Caribbean hurricane belt

      Environment - current issues: NA

      Environment - international agreements: party to: NA signed, but not ratified: NA

      @Aruba:People

      Population: 68,031 (July 1997 est.)

      Age structure: 0–14 years : 22% (male 7,814; female 7,127) 15–64 years: 69% (male 22,544; female 24,656) 65 years and over: 9% (male 2,433; female 3,457) (July 1997 est.)

      Population growth rate: 0.39% (1997 est.)

      Birth rate: 14.2 births/1,000 population (1997 est.)

      Death rate: 6.32 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

      Net migration rate: −3.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

      Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years : 1.1 male(s)/female 15–64 years: 0.91 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.7 male(s)/female total population: 0.93 male(s)/female (1997 est.)

      Infant mortality rate: 8.1 deaths/1,000 live births (1997 est.)

      Life expectancy at birth: total population: 76.8 years male: 73.11 years female : 80.68 years (1997 est.)

      Total fertility rate: 1.81 children born/woman (1997 est.)

      Nationality: noun : Aruban(s) adjective: Aruban

      Ethnic groups: mixed white/Caribbean Amerindian 80%

      Religions: Roman Catholic 82%, Protestant 8%, Hindu, Muslim,

       Confucian, Jewish

      Languages: Dutch (official), Papiamento (a Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch,

       English dialect), English (widely spoken), Spanish

      Literacy: NA

      @Aruba:Government

      Country name: conventional long form: none conventional short form: Aruba

      Data code: AA

      Dependency status: part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands; full autonomy in internal affairs obtained in 1986 upon separation from the Netherlands Antilles

      Government type: NA

      National capital: Oranjestad

      Administrative divisions: none (part of the Kingdom of the

       Netherlands)

      Independence: none (part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands; in 1990, Aruba requested and received from the Netherlands cancellation of the agreement to automatically give independence to the island in 1996)

      National holiday: Flag Day, 18 March

      Constitution: 1 January 1986

      Legal system: based on Dutch civil law system, with some English common law influence

      Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal

      Executive branch: chief of state: Queen BEATRIX Wilhelmina Armgard of the Netherlands (since 30 April 1980), represented by Governor General Olindo KOOLMAN (since 1 January 1992) head of government: Prime Minister Jan (Henny) H. EMAN (since 29 July 1994) and Deputy Prime Minister Glenbert F. CROES cabinet : Council of Ministers elected by the Staten elections: the queen is a constitutional monarch; governor general appointed for a six-year term by the queen; prime minister and deputy prime minister elected by the Staten for a four-year term; election last held 29 July 1994 (next to be held by July 1998) election results : Jan (Henny) H. EMAN elected prime minister; percent of legislative vote - NA; Glenbert F. CROES elected deputy prime minister; percent of legislative vote - NA

      Legislative branch: unicameral Legislature or Staten (21 seats; members elected by direct popular vote and serve four-year terms) elections: last held 29 July 1994 (next to be held by NA July 1998) election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - AVP 10, MEP 9, OLA 2

      Judicial branch: Joint High Court of Justice

      Political parties and leaders: Electoral Movement Party or MEP [Nelson

       ODUBER]; Aruban People's Party or AVP [Jan (Henny) H. EMAN]; National

       Democratic Action or ADN [Pedro Charro KELLY]; New Patriotic Party or

       PPN [Eddy WERLEMEN]; Aruban Patriotic Party or PPA [Benny NISBET];

       Aruban Democratic Party or PDA [Leo BERLINSKI]; Democratic Action '86

       or AD '86 [Arturo ODUBER]; Aruban СКАЧАТЬ