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The World Factbook: 1987

By: Central Intelligence Agency

...ignificant changes in this edition. A new Geography section has replaced the former Land and Water sections. Entries in the new section include area (... ...re in US dollars unless otherwise indicated. Political entities: Some of the countries, entities, dependencies, areas of special sovereignty, and gove... ...um products Major trade partners: exports mostly USSR and other Eastern bloc countries; imports mostly USSR and other Eastern bloc countries Afghanis... ...epublic Capital: Luanda Administrative divisions: 18 provinces Legal system: formerly based on Portu- guese civil law system and customary law; being ... ...983) Aid: bilateral commitments, ODA and OOF (1970-80) from Western (non-US) countries, $20 million Budget: (current) revenues, $40 million; expenditu... ...ratic Action Party (ADN), Pedro Kelly; governing coalition includes the AVP, former PPA and PDA dissidents, and the ADN (Berlinski, originally a mem- ... ...man(men); adjective French Ethnic divisions: Celtic and Latin with Teutonic, Slavic, North African, Indo- chinese, and Basque minorities Religion: 90%... ...ality: noun German(s); adjective German Ethnic divisions: 99.7% German, 0.3% Slavic and other Religion: 47% Protestant, 7% Roman Catholic, 46% unaffil... ... languages and dialects (at least 18 with more than 1 million speakers); 75% Slavic group, 8% other Indo-European, 12% Altaic, 3% Uralian, 2% Caucasia...

...There have been some significant changes in this edition. A new Geography section has replaced the former Land and Water sections. Entries in the new section include area (total and land), comparative area, land boundaries, coastline, maritime claims, boundary disputes, climate, terrain, land use, environment, and specia...

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