The World Factbook (1990)

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1990







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Contents
		Page
	Notes, Definitions, and Abbreviations	vii
A	Afghanistan	1
	Albania	2
	Algeria	4
	American Samoa	6
	Andorra	7
	Angola	8
	Anguilla	10
	Antarctica	11
	Antigua and Barbuda	12
	Arctic Ocean	13
	Argentina	14
	Aruba	16
	Ashmore and Cartier Islands	17
	Atlantic Ocean	17
	Australia	18
	Austria	20
B	Bahamas, The	21
	Bahrain	23
	Baker Island	24
	Bangladesh	25
	Barbados	26
	Bassas da India	28
	Belgium	28
	Belize	30
	Benin	31
	Bermuda	32
	Bhutan	34
	Bolivia	35
	Botswana	37
	Bouvet Island	38
	Brazil	38
	British Indian Ocean Territory	40
	British Virgin Islands	41
	Brunei	42
	Bulgaria	43
	Burkina	45
	Burma	47
	Burundi	48
C	Cambodia	50
	Cameroon	51
	Canada	53
	Cape Verde	55
	Cayman Islands	56
	Central African Republic	57
	Chad	59
	Chile	61
	China (also see separate Taiwan entry)	62
	Christmas Island	64
	Clipperton Island	65
	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	66
	Colombia	67
	Comoros	69
	Congo	70
	Cook Islands	72
	Coral Sea Islands	73
	Costa Rica	74
	Cuba	75
	Cyprus	77
	Czechoslovakia	79
D	Denmark	81
	Djibouti	82
	Dominica	84
	Dominican Republic	85
E	Ecuador	87
	Egypt	88
	El Salvador	90
	Equatorial Guinea	92
	Ethiopia	94
	Europa Island	95
F	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	96
	Faroe Islands	97
	Fiji	99
	Finland	100
	France	102
	French Guiana	104
	French Polynesia	105
	French Southern and Antarctic Lands	107
G	Gabon	107
	Gambia, The	109
	Gaza Strip	110
	German Democratic Republic (East Germany)	111
	Germany, Federal Republic of (West Germany)	113
	Ghana	115
	Gibraltar	116
	Glorioso Islands	117
	Greece	118
	Greenland	120
	Grenada	121
	Guadeloupe	122
	Guam	124
	Guatemala	125
	Guernsey	127
	Guinea	128
	Guinea-Bissau	129
	Guyana	131
H	Haiti	132
	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	134
	Honduras	135
	Hong Kong	136
	Howland Island	138
	Hungary	139
I	Iceland	140
	India	142
	Indian Ocean	144
	Indonesia	145
	Iran	147
	Iraq	149
	Iraq-Saudi Arabia Neutral Zone	150
	Ireland	151
	Israel (also see separate Gaza Strip and West Bank entries)	153
	Italy	155
	Ivory Coast	157
J	Jamaica	158
	Jan Mayen	160
	Japan	160
	Jarvis Island	162
	Jersey	163
	Johnston Atoll	164
	Jordan (also see separate West Bank entry)	165
	Juan de Nova Island	166
K	Kenya	167
	Kingman Reef	169
	Kiribati	169
	Korea, North	171
	Korea, South	172
	Kuwait	174
L	Laos	175
	Lebanon	177
	Lesotho	179
	Liberia	181
	Libya	182
	Liechtenstein	184
	Luxembourg	185
M	Macau	187
	Madagascar	188
	Malawi	190
	Malaysia	191
	Maldives	193
	Mali	194
	Malta	196
	Man, Isle of	197
	Marshall Islands	198
	Martinique	199
	Mauritania	201
	Mauritius	202
	Mayotte	204
	Mexico	205
	Micronesia, Federated States of	207
	Midway Islands	208
	Monaco	209
	Mongolia	210
	Montserrat	211
	Morocco	212
	Mozambique	214
N	Namibia	215
	Nauru	217
	Navassa Island	218
	Nepal	219
	Netherlands	220
	Netherlands Antilles	222
	New Caledonia	224
	New Zealand	225
	Nicaragua	227
	Niger	229
	Nigeria	230
	Niue	232
	Norfolk Island	233
	Northern Mariana Islands	234
	Norway	236
O	Oman	237
P	Pacific Islands, Trust Territory of the (Palau)	239
	Pacific Ocean	240
	Pakistan	241
	Palmyra Atoll	243
	Panama	244
	Papua New Guinea	245
	Paracel Islands	247
	Paraguay	247
	Peru	249
	Philippines	250
	Pitcairn Islands	252
	Poland	253
	Portugal	255
	Puerto Rico	257
Q	Qatar	258
R	Reunion	260
	Romania	261
	Rwanda	263
S	St. Helena	264
	St. Kitts and Nevis	265
	St. Lucia	267
	St. Pierre and Miquelon	268
	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	269
	San Marino	271
	Sao Tome and Principe	272
	Saudi Arabia	273
	Senegal	275
	Seychelles	277
	Sierra Leone	278
	Singapore	279
	Solomon Islands	281
	Somalia	282
	South Africa	284
	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	286
	Soviet Union	286
	Spain	289
	Spratly Islands	291
	Sri Lanka	291
	Sudan	293
	Suriname	295
	Svalbard	296
	Swaziland	297
	Sweden	299
	Switzerland	300
	Syria	302
T	Taiwan entry follows Zimbabwe
	Tanzania	304
	Thailand	305
	Togo	307
	Tokelau	309
	Tonga	310
	Trinidad and Tobago	311
	Tromelin Island	313
	Tunisia	313
	Turkey	315
	Turks and Caicos Islands	317
	Tuvalu	318
U	Uganda	319
	United Arab Emirates	320
	United Kingdom	321
	United States	324
	Uruguay	326
V	Vanuatu	327
	Vatican City	329
	Venezuela	330
	Vietnam	331
	Virgin Islands	333
W	Wake Island	334
	Wallis and Futuna	335
	West Bank	336
	Western Sahara	337
	Western Samoa	338
	World	340
Y	Yemen Arab Republic [Yemen (Sanaa) or North Yemen]	341
	Yemen, People's Democratic Republic of [Yemen (Aden) or South Yemen]	342
	Yugoslavia	344
Z	Zaire	346
	Zambia	347
	Zimbabwe	349
	Taiwan	350
Appendixes	A: The United Nations System	352
	B: International Organizations	353
	C: Country Membership in International Organizations	356
	D: Weights and Measures	364
	E: Cross-Reference List of Geographic Names	367
Maps	I. The World (Guide to Regional Maps)
	II. North America
	III. Central America and the Caribbean
	IV. South America
	V. Europe
	VI. Middle East
	VII. Africa
	VIII. Soviet Union, East and South Asia
	IX. Southeast Asia
	X. Oceania
	XI. Arctic Region
	XII. Antarctic Region
	XIII. Standard Time Zones of the World