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

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СКАЧАТЬ style="font-size:15px;">      Merchant marine: note: claims 5% of former Soviet fleet (1995 est.)

      Airports: 118 (1996 est.)

      Airports - with paved runways: total: 36 over 3,047 m : 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 18 1,524 to 2,437 m: 5 under 914 m: 11 (1996 est.)

      Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 82 over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m : 6 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 914 to 1,523 m: 9 under 914 m: 62 (1996 est.)

      Military

      Military branches: Army, Air Force, Air Defense Force, Interior

       Ministry Troops, Border Guards

      Military manpower - military age: 18 years of age

      Military manpower - availability: males age 15–49: 2,659,236 (1997 est.)

      Military manpower - fit for military service: males: 2,083,696 (1997 est.)

      Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 77,496 (1997 est.)

      Military expenditures - dollar figure: 2.4 trillion rubles (1997); note - conversion of defense expenditures into US dollars using the current exchange rate could produce misleading results

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP: NA%

      Transnational Issues

      Disputes - international: treaty with Lithuania defining the border awaits demarcation

      Illicit drugs: limited cultivation of opium poppy and cannabis, mostly for the domestic market; transshipment point for illicit drugs to Russia and Western Europe ______________________________________________________________________

      BELGIUM

      @Belgium:Geography

      Location: Western Europe, bordering the North Sea, between France and the Netherlands

      Geographic coordinates: 50 50 N, 4 00 E

      Map references: Europe

      Area: total : 30,510 sq km land: 30,230 sq km water: 280 sq km

      Area - comparative: about the size of Maryland

      Land boundaries:

       total: 1,385 km

       border countries : France 620 km, Germany 167 km, Luxembourg 148 km,

       Netherlands 450 km

      Coastline: 64 km

      Maritime claims: continental shelf : median line with neighbors exclusive fishing zone: median line with neighbors (extends about 68 km from coast) territorial sea: 12 nm

      Climate: temperate; mild winters, cool summers; rainy, humid, cloudy

      Terrain: flat coastal plains in northwest, central rolling hills, rugged mountains of Ardennes Forest in southeast

      Elevation extremes: lowest point: North Sea 0 m highest point : Signal de Botrange 694 m

      Natural resources: coal, natural gas

      Land use: arable land : 24% permanent crops: 1% permanent pastures: 20% forests and woodland: 21% other: 34%

      Irrigated land: 10 sq km including Luxembourg (1993 est.)

      Natural hazards: flooding is a threat in areas of reclaimed coastal land, protected from the sea by concrete dikes

      Environment - current issues: Meuse River, a major source of drinking water, polluted from steel production wastes; other rivers polluted by animal wastes and fertilizers; industrial air pollution contributes to acid rain in neighboring countries

      Environment - international agreements: party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Law of the Sea

      Geography - note: crossroads of Western Europe; majority of West European capitals within 1,000 km of Brussels which is the seat of both the EU and NATO

      @Belgium:People

      Population: 10,165,059 (July 1997 est.)

      Age structure: 0–14 years: 17% (male 911,881; female 868,361) 15–64 years: 66% (male 3,385,319; female 3,318,940) 65 years and over : 17% (male 681,432; female 999,126) (July 1997 est.)

      Population growth rate: 0.11% (1997 est.)

      Birth rate: 10.43 births/1,000 population (1997 est.)

      Death rate: 10.41 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

      Net migration rate: 1.08 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

      Sex ratio: at birth : 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15–64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.68 male(s)/female total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (1997 est.)

      Infant mortality rate: 6.4 deaths/1,000 live births (1997 est.)

      Life expectancy at birth: total population: 77.19 years male : 73.95 years female: 80.59 years (1997 est.)

      Total fertility rate: 1.5 children born/woman (1997 est.)

      Nationality: noun: Belgian(s) adjective: Belgian

      Ethnic groups: Fleming 55%, Walloon 33%, mixed or other 12%

      Religions: Roman Catholic 75%, Protestant or other 25%

      Languages: Flemish 56%, French 32%, German 1%, legally bilingual 11%

      Literacy: definition : age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% (1980 est.) male: NA% female: NA%

      @Belgium:Government

      Country name: conventional long form : Kingdom of Belgium conventional short form: Belgium local long form: Royaume de Belgique/Koninkrijk Belgie local short form: Belgique/Belgie

      Data code: BE

      Government type: federal parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarch

      National capital: Brussels

      Administrative divisions: 9 provinces (French: provinces, singular - province; Flemish: provincien, singular - provincie); Antwerpen, Brabant, Hainaut, Liege, Limburg, Luxembourg, Namur, Oost-Vlaanderen, West-Vlaanderen note: constitutional reforms passed by Parliament in 1993 theoretically increased the number of provinces to 10 by splitting the province of Brabant into two new provinces, Flemish Brabant and Walloon Brabant, but this has not been confirmed by the US Government

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