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150 km
unpaved:
200 km
Ports:
Pago Pago, Ta'u, Ofu, Auasi, Aanu'u (new construction), Faleosao
Airports:
total:
4
usable:
4
with permanent-surface runways:
2
with runways over 3,659 m:
0
with runways 2,440 to 3,659 m:
1 (international airport at Tafuna)
with runways 1,200 to 2,439 m:
0
note:
small airstrips on Fituita and Ofu
Telecommunications:
8,399 telephones; broadcast stations - 1 AM, 1 FM, 1 TV; good telex,
telegraph, and facsimile services; 1 Pacific Ocean INTELSAT earth
station, 1 COMSAT earth station
@American Samoa, Defense Forces
Note:
defense is the responsibility of the US
@Andorra, Geography
Location:
Southwestern Europe, between France and Spain
Map references:
Europe, Standard Time Zones of the World
Area:
total area:
450 sq km
land area:
450 sq km
comparative area:
slightly more than 2.5 times the size of Washington, DC
Land boundaries:
total 125 km, France 60 km, Spain 65 km
Coastline:
0 km (landlocked)
Maritime claims:
none; landlocked
International disputes:
none
Climate:
temperate; snowy, cold winters and cool, dry summers
Terrain:
rugged mountains dissected by narrow valleys
Natural resources:
hydropower, mineral water, timber, iron ore, lead
Land use:
arable land:
2%
permanent crops:
0%
meadows and pastures:
56%
forest and woodland:
22%
other:
20%
Irrigated land:
NA sq km
Environment:
current issues:
deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion
natural hazards:
NA
international agreements:
NA
Note:
landlocked
@Andorra, People
Population:
63,930 (July 1994 est.)
Population growth rate:
2.99% (1994 est.)
Birth rate:
13.34 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)
Death rate:
7.12 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)
Net migration rate:
23.65 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
7.9 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
78.37 years
male:
75.5 years
female:
81.5 years (1994 est.)
Total fertility rate:
1.73 children born/woman (1994 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Andorran(s)
adjective:
Andorran
Ethnic divisions:
Spanish 61%, Andorran 30%, French 6%, other 3%
Religions:
Roman Catholic (predominant)
Languages:
Catalan (official), French, Castilian
Literacy:
total population:
NA%
male:
NA%
female:
NA%
Labor force:
NA
@Andorra, Government
Names:
conventional long form:
Principality of Andorra
conventional short form:
Andorra
local long form:
Principat d'Andorra
local short form:
Andorra
Digraph:
AN
Type:
parliamentary democracy (since March 1993) that retains as its heads
of state a co-principality; the two princes are the president of
France and Spanish bishop of Seo de Urgel, who are represented locally
by officials called veguers
Capital:
Andorra la Vella
Administrative divisions:
7 parishes (parroquies, singular - parroquia); Andorra, Canillo,
Encamp, La Massana, Les Escaldes, Ordino, Sant Julia de Loria
Independence:
1278
National holiday:
Mare de Deu de Meritxell, 8 September
Constitution:
Andorra's first written constitution was drafted in 1991; adopted 14
March 1993
Legal system:
based on French and Spanish civil codes; no judicial review of
legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Suffrage:
18 years of age, universal
Executive branch:
chiefs of state:
French Co-Prince Francois MITTERRAND (since 21 May 1981), represented
by Veguer de Franca Jean Pierre COURTOIS (since NA); Spanish Episcopal
Co-Prince Mgr. Juan MARTI Alanis (since 31 January 1971), represented
by Veguer Episcopal Francesc BADIA Bata - two co-princes (President
Francois MITTERRAND of France, since 21 May 1981, and Bishop of Seo de
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