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World Country Facts:
- Clipperton Island Category: Introduction - Background: This isolated island was named for John CLIPPERTON, a pirate who made it his hideout early in the 18th century. Annexed by France in 1855, it was seized by Mexico in 1897. Arbitration eventually awarded the island to France, which took possession in 1935.
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands Category: Geography - Geographic coordinates: 12 30 S, 96 50 E
- Rwanda Category: People - Death rate (deaths/1,000 population): 14.46 deaths/1,000 population (2008 estimate)
- Mozambique Category: People - Major infectious diseases: degree of risk: very high; food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever; vectorborne diseases: malaria and plague; water contact disease: schistosomiasis (2008)
- China Category: Communications - Telephones - main lines in use: 365.4 million (2007)
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- Antigua and Barbuda Category: Economy - Imports - commodities (%): food and live animals, machinery and transport equipment, manufactures, chemicals, oil
- Jarvis Island Category: Geography - Geographic coordinates: 0 22 S, 160 01 W
- Albania Category: Economy - Electricity - production (kWh): 2.892 billion kWh (2007 estimate)
- Greenland Category: Communications - Telephones - main lines in use: 36,000 (2006)
- Namibia Category: People - Ethnic groups (%): black 87.5%, white 6%, mixed 6.5%; note: about 50% of the population belong to the Ovambo tribe and 9% to the Kavangos tribe; other ethnic groups include Herero 7%, Damara 7%, Nama 5%, Caprivian 4%, Bushmen 3%, Baster 2%, Tswana 0.5%
New Zealand Facts Info Stuff (NZ):
New Zealand Latitude Facts: -39.9925192802056 and New Zealand Longitude Facts: 173.938663239075
More World Country Facts:
- New Zealand Category: Geography - Geographic coordinates: 41 00 S, 174 00 E
- Chile Category: People - Median age (years): total: 31.1 years; male: 30.1 years; female: 32.1 years (2008 estimate)
- Bassas da India Category: Geography - Natural hazards: maritime hazard since it is usually under water during high tide and surrounded by reefs; subject to periodic cyclones
- Dhekelia Category: Government - Legal system: the Sovereign Base Area Administration has its own court system to deal with civil and criminal matters; laws applicable to the Cypriot population are, as far as possible, the same as the laws of the Republic of Cyprus
- Afghanistan Category: Economy - Household income or consumption by percentage share (%): lowest 10%: NA%; highest 10%: NA%
New Zealand Regions are: Auckland
Bay of Plenty
Canterbury
Gisborne
Hawke's Bay
Manawatu-Wanganui
Marlborough
Nelson
Otago
Southland
Taranaki
Waikato
Wellington
West Coast
Various World Country Facts:
- Bouvet Island Category: Government - Dependency status: territory of Norway; administered by the Polar Department of the Ministry of Justice and Police from Oslo
- Kuwait Category: People - Literacy (%): definition: age 15 and over can read and write; total population: 93.3%; male: 94.4%; female: 91% (2005 census)
- India Category: Geography - Land boundaries (km): total: 14,103 km; border countries: Bangladesh 4,053 km, Bhutan 605 km, Burma 1,463 km, China 3,380 km, Nepal 1,690 km, Pakistan 2,912 km
- Bhutan Category: Economy - Electricity - production (kWh): 4.475 billion kWh (2007 estimate)
- Coral Sea Islands Category: Economy - Economy - overview: no economic activity
Source:
CIA - The World Factbook