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World Country Facts:
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands Category: Introduction - Background: There are 27 coral islands in the group. Captain William KEELING discovered the islands in 1609, but they remained uninhabited until the 19th century. From the 1820s to 1978, members of the CLUNIE-ROSS family controlled the islands and the copra produced from local coconuts. Annexed by the UK in 1857, the Cocos Islands were transferred to the Australian Government in 1955. The population on the two inhabited islands generally is split between the ethnic Europeans on West Island and the ethnic Malays on Home Island.
- Bangladesh Category: Economy - Natural gas - production (cu m): 15.7 billion cu m (2007 estimate)
- Botswana Category: Economy - GDP - composition by sector (%): agriculture: 1.6%; industry: 52.6% (including 36% mining); services: 45.8% (2008 estimate)
- Navassa Island Category: Introduction - Background: This uninhabited island was claimed by the US in 1857 for its guano. Mining took place between 1865 and 1898. The lighthouse, built in 1917, was shut down in 1996 and administration of Navassa Island transferred from the Coast Guard to the Department of the Interior. A 1998 scientific expedition to the island described it as a unique preserve of Caribbean biodiversity; the following year it became a National Wildlife Refuge and annual scientific expeditions have continued.
- Jan Mayen Category: Transportation - Airports: 1 (2007)
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- Jordan Category: Economy - Electricity - exports (kWh): 13 million kWh (2006 estimate)
- Georgia Category: Economy - Fiscal year: calendar year
- Svalbard Category: Government - Executive branch: chief of state: King HARALD V of Norway (since 17 January 1991); head of government: Governor Per SEFLAND (since 1 October 2005); Assistant Governor Rune Baard HANSEN (since 2003); elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; governor and assistant governor responsible to the Polar Department of the Ministry of Justice
Tanzania Facts Info Stuff (TZ):
Tanzania Latitude Facts: -5.5496 and Tanzania Longitude Facts: 36.6512
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- Estonia Category: Economy - Investment (gross fixed) (% of GDP): 29.4% of GDP (2008 estimate)
- Tunisia Category: Geography - Natural resources: petroleum, phosphates, iron ore, lead, zinc, salt
Tanzania Regions are: Arusha Dar es Salaam Dodoma Iringa Kilimanjaro Manyara Mara Mbeya Morogoro Mtwara Mwanza Shinyanga Tabora Tanga Zanzibar Urban
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- Indian Ocean Category: Geography - Area - comparative: about 5.5 times the size of the US
- Namibia Category: Economy - Natural gas - imports (cu m): 0 cu m (2007 estimate)
- Dominican Republic Category: Economy - Distribution of family income - Gini index: 49.9 (2005)
- Palau Category: Geography - Land boundaries (km): 0 km
- Burkina Faso Category: Economy - GDP (official exchange rate): .242 billion (2008 estimate)
Source: CIA - The World Factbook