The 2002 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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      Radio broadcast stations: AM 9, FM 6, shortwave 1 (1998)

      Radios: 850,000 (1997)

      Television broadcast stations: 3 (plus an unknown number of repeaters) (1998)

      Televisions: 825,000 (1997)

      Internet country code: .am

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 9 (2001)

      Internet users: 30,000 (2001)

      Transportation Armenia

      Railways: total: 852 km in common carrier service; does not include industrial lines broad gauge: 852 km 1.520-m gauge (779 km electrified) (2001 est.)

      Highways: total: 11,300 km paved: 10,500 km (includes some all-weather gravel-surfaced roads) unpaved: 800 km (these roads are made of unstabilized earth and are difficult to negotiate in wet weather) (1990)

      Waterways: NA km

      Pipelines: natural gas 900 km (1991)

      Ports and harbors: none

      Airports: 7 (2001)

      Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 7 over 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 914 to 1,523 m: 3 under 914 m: 1 (2001)

      Military Armenia

      Military branches: Army, Air and Air Defense Forces, Border Guards

      Military manpower - military age: 18 years of age (2002 est.)

      Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 912,650 (2002 est.)

      Military manpower - fit for military service: males age 15-49: 722,035 (2002 est.)

      Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 34,998 (2002 est.)

      Military expenditures - dollar figure: $135 million (FY01)

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 6.5% (FY01)

      Transnational Issues Armenia

      Disputes - international: Armenia supports ethnic Armenian secessionists in Nagorno-Karabakh and militarily occupies almost one-fifth of Azerbaijan - Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) continues to mediate dispute; border with Turkey remains closed over Nagorno-Karabakh dispute; traditional demands regarding former Armenian lands in Turkey have subsided

      Illicit drugs: illicit cultivator of cannabis mostly for domestic consumption; increasingly used as a transshipment point for illicit drugs - mostly opium and hashish - to Western Europe and the US via Iran, Central Asia, and Russia

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      Andorra

      Introduction

      Andorra

      Background: Long isolated and impoverished, mountainous Andorra has achieved considerable prosperity since World War II through its tourist industry. Many immigrants (legal and illegal) are attracted to the thriving economy with its lack of income taxes.

      Geography Andorra

      Location: Southwestern Europe, between France and Spain

      Geographic coordinates: 42 30 N, 1 30 E

      Map references: Europe

      Area: total: 468 sq km water: 0 sq km land: 468 sq km

      Area - comparative: 2.5 times the size of Washington, DC

      Land boundaries: total: 120.3 km border countries: France 56.6 km,

       Spain 63.7 km

      Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)

      Maritime claims: none (landlocked)

      Climate: temperate; snowy, cold winters and warm, dry summers

      Terrain: rugged mountains dissected by narrow valleys

      Elevation extremes: lowest point: Riu Runer 840 m highest point: Coma

       Pedrosa 2,946 m

      Natural resources: hydropower, mineral water, timber, iron ore, lead

      Land use: arable land: 2% permanent crops: 0% other: 98% (1998 est.)

      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: 68,403 (July 2002 est.)

      Age structure: 0-14 years: 15.2% (male 5,456; female 4,951) 15-64 years: 71.9% (male 25,855; female 23,311) 65 years and over: 12.9% (male 4,425; female 4,405) (2002 est.)

      Population growth rate: 1.11% (2002 est.)

      Birth rate: 9.97 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)

      Death rate: 5.57 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)

      Net migration rate: 6.74 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 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: 1 male(s)/female total population: 1.09 male(s)/female (2002 est.)

      Infant mortality rate: 4.07 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)

      Life expectancy at birth: 86.58 years (2002 est.) male: Total fertility rate: 1.26 children born/woman (2002 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

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

      Government Andorra

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