The 2004 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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СКАЧАТЬ use: arable land: 2.22% permanent crops: 0% other: 97.78% (2001)

      Irrigated land:

       NA sq km

      Natural hazards:

       avalanches

      Environment - current issues:

       deforestation; overgrazing of mountain meadows contributes to soil

       erosion; air pollution; wastewater treatment and solid waste disposal

      Environment - international agreements:

       party to: Hazardous Wastes

       signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

      Geography - note:

       landlocked; straddles a number of important crossroads in the

       Pyrenees

      People Andorra

      Population:

       69,865 (July 2004 est.)

      Age structure:

       0–14 years: 15% (male 5,478; female 4,988)

       15–64 years: 71.6% (male 26,268; female 23,766)

       65 years and over: 13.4% (male 4,659; female 4,706) (2004 est.)

      Median age:

       total: 39.7 years

       male: 40 years

       female: 39.4 years (2004 est.)

      Population growth rate:

       1% (2004 est.)

      Birth rate:

       9.32 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)

      Death rate:

       5.9 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)

      Net migration rate:

       6.6 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)

      Sex ratio:

       at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female

       under 15 years: 1.1 male(s)/female

       15–64 years: 1.11 male(s)/female

       65 years and over: 0.99 male(s)/female

       total population: 1.09 male(s)/female (2004 est.)

      Infant mortality rate:

       total: 4.05 deaths/1,000 live births

       female: 3.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

       male: 4.39 deaths/1,000 live births

      Life expectancy at birth:

       total population: 83.5 years

       male: 80.59 years

       female: 86.59 years (2004 est.)

      Total fertility rate:

       1.28 children born/woman (2004 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

       NA

      HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

       NA

      HIV/AIDS - deaths:

       NA

      Nationality:

       noun: Andorran(s)

       adjective: Andorran

      Ethnic groups:

       Spanish 43%, Andorran 33%, Portuguese 11%, French 7%, other 6%

       (1998)

      Religions:

       Roman Catholic (predominant)

      Languages:

       Catalan (official), French, Castilian, Portuguese

      Literacy: definition: NA total population: 100% male: NA female: NA

      Government Andorra

      Country name:

       conventional long form: Principality of Andorra

       conventional short form: Andorra

       local short form: Andorra

       local long form: Principat d'Andorra

      Government type:

       parliamentary democracy (since March 1993) that retains as its

       chiefs of state a coprincipality; the two princes are the president

       of France and bishop of Seo de Urgel, Spain, who are represented

       locally by coprinces' representatives

      Capital:

       Andorra la Vella

      Administrative divisions:

       7 parishes (parroquies, singular - parroquia); Andorra la Vella,

       Canillo, Encamp, La Massana, Escaldes-Engordany, Ordino, Sant Julia

       de Loria

      Independence:

       1278 (was formed under the joint suzerainty of the French count of

       Foix and the Spanish bishop of Urgel)

      National holiday:

       Our Lady of Meritxell Day, 8 September (1278)

      Constitution:

       Andorra's first written constitution was drafted in 1991; approved

       by referendum 14 March 1993; came into force 4 May 1993

      Legal system:

       based on French and Spanish civil codes; no judicial review of

       legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

      Suffrage:

       18 years of age; universal

      Executive branch:

       chief of state: French Coprince Jacques CHIRAC (since 17 May 1995),

       represented by Philippe MASSONI (since 26 July 2002); Spanish

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