The 1999 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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СКАЧАТЬ land: 0.2 sq km

       water: 0 sq km

      Area—comparative: about one-third the size of The Mall in

       Washington, DC

      Land boundaries: 0 km

      Coastline: 35.2 km

      Maritime claims: exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm

      Climate: tropical

      Terrain: a volcanic rock 2.4 m high

      Elevation extremes: lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m highest point: unnamed location 2.4 m

      Natural resources: none

      Land use:

       arable land: 0%

       permanent crops: 0%

       permanent pastures: 0%

       forests and woodland: 0%

       other: 100% (all rock)

      Irrigated land: 0 sq km (1993)

      Natural hazards: maritime hazard since it is usually under water during high tide and surrounded by reefs; subject to periodic cyclones

      Environment—current issues: NA

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

      People

      Population: uninhabited

      Government

      Country name: conventional long form: none conventional short form: Bassas da India

      Data code: BS

      Dependency status: possession of France; administered by a high commissioner of the Republic, resident in Reunion

      Legal system: NA

      Diplomatic representation in the US: none (possession of France)

      Diplomatic representation from the US: none (possession of France)

      Flag description: the flag of France is used

      Economy

      Economy—overview: no economic activity

      Transportation

      Ports and harbors: none; offshore anchorage only

      Military

      Military—note: defense is the responsibility of France

      Transnational Issues

      Disputes—international: claimed by Madagascar

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      @Belarus———

      Introduction

      Background: For centuries Byelorussia has been fought over, devastated, and partitioned among Russia, Poland, Lithuania, and, in World Wars I and II, Germany. After seven decades as a Soviet republic, the newly named Belarus declared its independence in August 1991. It has retained closer political and economic ties to Russia than any of the other former Soviet republics. On 25 December 1998, Russian President Boris YEL'TSIN and Belarusian President Aleksandr LUKASHENKO signed several agreements intended to provide greater political, economic, and social integration while preserving both states' sovereignty.

      Geography

      Location: Eastern Europe, east of Poland

      Geographic coordinates: 53 00 N, 28 00 E

      Map references: Commonwealth of Independent States

      Area:

       total: 207,600 sq km

       land: 207,600 sq km

       water: 0 sq km

      Area—comparative: slightly smaller than Kansas

      Land boundaries:

       total: 3,098 km

       border countries: Latvia 141 km, Lithuania 502 km, Poland 605 km,

       Russia 959 km, Ukraine 891 km

      Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)

      Maritime claims: none (landlocked)

      Climate: cold winters, cool and moist summers; transitional between continental and maritime

      Terrain: generally flat and contains much marshland

      Elevation extremes: lowest point: Nyoman River 90 m highest point: Dzyarzhynskaya Hara 346 m

      Natural resources: forests, peat deposits, small quantities of

       oil and natural gas

      Land use:

       arable land: 29%

       permanent crops: 1%

       permanent pastures: 15%

       forests and woodland: 34%

       other: 21% (1993 est.)

      Irrigated land: 1,000 sq km (1993 est.)

      Natural hazards: NA

      Environment—current issues: soil pollution from pesticide use; southern part of the country contaminated with fallout from 1986 nuclear reactor accident at Chornobyl' in northern Ukraine

      Environment—international agreements: party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Biodiversity, Environmental Modification, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection signed, but not ratified: Climate Change, Law of the Sea

      Geography—note: landlocked

      People

      Population: 10,401,784 (July 1999 est.)

      Age structure:

       0–14 years: 19% (male 1,027,974; female 985,342)

       15–64 years: 67% (male 3,390,552; female 3,591,245)

       65 years and over: 14% (male 463,369; female 943,302) (1999 est.)

      Population growth rate: −0.09% (1999 est.)

      Birth rate: 9.7 births/1,000 population (1999 est.)

      Death rate: 13.71 deaths/1,000 population (1999 est.)

      Net migration rate: 3.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1999 est.)

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