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World Country Facts:

  1. Coral Sea Islands Category: Geography - Natural hazards: occasional tropical cyclones

  2. Congo, Republic of the Category: People - Age structure (%): 0-14 years: 46.1% (male 906,345/female 894,568); 15-64 years: 51% (male 989,126/female 1,002,682); 65 years and over: 2.8% (male 45,560/female 65,037) (2008 estimate)

  3. Ireland Category: Economy - Public debt (% of GDP): 31.5% of GDP (2008 estimate)

  4. Johnston Atoll Category: Introduction - Background: Both the US and the Kingdom of Hawaii annexed Johnston Atoll in 1858, but it was the US that mined the guano deposits until the late 1880s. Johnston Island and Sand Island were designated wildlife refuges in 1926. The US Navy took over the atoll in 1934, and subsequently the US Air Force assumed control in 1948. The site was used for high-altitude nuclear tests in the 1950s and 1960s, and until late in 2000 the atoll was maintained as a storage and disposal site for chemical weapons. Munitions destruction is now complete. Cleanup and closure of the facility ended in May 2005.

  5. Thailand Category: Economy - Exchange rates: baht per US dollar - 33.37 (2008 est.), 34.52 (2007), 37.882 (2006), 40.22 (2005), 40.222 (2004)

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  1. Kazakhstan Category: Economy - GDP (official exchange rate): 1.2 billion (2008 estimate)

  2. Pacific Ocean Category: Introduction - Background: The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the world's five oceans (followed by the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Southern Ocean, and Arctic Ocean). Strategically important access waterways include the La Perouse, Tsugaru, Tsushima, Taiwan, Singapore, and Torres Straits. The decision by the International Hydrographic Organization in the spring of 2000 to delimit a fifth ocean, the Southern Ocean, removed the portion of the Pacific Ocean south of 60 degrees south.

  3. Uganda Category: Transportation - Airports: 32 (2007)

  4. Tanzania Category: Government - National holiday: Union Day (Tanganyika and Zanzibar), 26 April (1964)

  5. Timor-Leste Category: Economy - GDP - real growth rate (%): 2.5% (2008 estimate)

Costa Rica Facts Info Stuff (CR):

Costa Rica Latitude Facts: 9.92397129186603 and Costa Rica Longitude Facts: -84.3181818181819

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  1. French Guiana Category: Communications - Internet country code: .gf

  2. Tokelau Category: Economy - Debt - external:
    1. Italy Category: Communications - Internet users: 32 million (2007)

    2. Equatorial Guinea Category: Government - Constitution: approved by national referendum 17 November 1991; amended January 1995

    3. Macedonia Category: Economy - Oil - imports (bbl/day): 26,470 bbl/day (2005)

    4. Guatemala Category: Transportation - Airports - with paved runways: total: 12; 2,438 to 3,047 m: 3; 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2; 914 to 1,523 m: 4; under 914 m: 3 (2007)

    5. Egypt Category: Economy - Public debt (% of GDP): 84.7% of GDP (2008 estimate)


  3. Tuvalu Category: Economy - Exports - partners (%): Germany 60.5%, Italy 20.1%, Fiji 6.9% (2006)

  4. China Category: Military - Military branches: People's Liberation Army (PLA): Ground Forces, Navy (includes marines and naval aviation), Air Force (includes airborne forces), and Second Artillery Corps (strategic missile force); People's Armed Police (PAP); PLA Reserve Force (2008)

  5. Senegal Category: Geography - Climate: tropical; hot, humid; rainy season (May to November) has strong southeast winds; dry season (December to April) dominated by hot, dry, harmattan wind

Costa Rica Regions are: Alajuela Cartago Guanacaste Heredia Limon Puntarenas San Jose

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  1. European Union Category: Economy - Economy - overview: Internally, the EU is attempting to lower trade barriers, adopt a common currency, and move toward convergence of living standards. Internationally, the EU aims to bolster Europe's trade position and its political and economic power. Because of the great differences in per capita income among member states (from ,000 to ,000) and historic national animosities, the EU faces difficulties in devising and enforcing common policies. For example, since 2003 Germany and France have flouted the member states' treaty obligation to prevent their national budgets from running more than a 3% deficit. In 2004 and 2007, the EU admitted 10 and two countries, respectively, that are, in general, less advanced technologically and economically than the other 15. Eleven established EU member states introduced the euro as their common currency on 1 January 1999 (Greece did so two years later), but the UK, Sweden, and Denmark chose not to participate. Of the 12 most recent member states, only Slovenia (1 January 2007) and Cyprus and Malta (1 January 2008) have adopted the euro; the remaining nine are legally required to adopt the currency upon meeting EU's fiscal and monetary convergence criteria.

  2. Niue Category: Economy - Natural gas - exports (cu m): 0 cu m (2007 estimate)

  3. Uruguay Category: Economy - Exports - commodities (%): meat, rice, leather products, wool, fish, dairy products

  4. Holy See (Vatican City) Category: People - Literacy (%): definition: NA; total population: 100%; male: 100%; female: 100%

  5. Angola Category: Economy - Imports - commodities (%): machinery and electrical equipment, vehicles and spare parts; medicines, food, textiles, military goods



Source: CIA - The World Factbook

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