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All suggestions for corrections of any errors about new zealand government 2015 should be addressed to the cia. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of new zealand 2020 information contained here. Nor did i overlook the world factbook, or the world factbook 2011 or the 2011 world factbook. This comprehensive guide is packed with data on the politics, populations, military expenditures, and economics of 2019. A series of land wars between 1843 and 1872 ended with the defeat of the native peoples. This new collective peoplepersons will eliminate local leaders and decisions and will usher in a new era for the hard working workers who work in these fine wooded hilly hovels harlan and fellow progressives in pineville, friday frakes, middlesboro, and the republic of kettle island have now combined forces to create the peoples. Britains american colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the united states of america following the treaty of paris in 1783. The cia world factbook 2010 2009 edition open library. Aug 07, 2016 modernday laos has its roots in the ancient lao kingdom of lan xang, established in the 14th century under king fa ngum. From afghanistan to zimbabwe, the cia world factbook 2014 offers complete and uptodate information on the worlds nations. Provides access to maps, history, geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and other information for countries around the world. The world factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 266 world entities.
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From afghanistan to zimbabwe, the cia world factbook 20202021 offers complete and uptodate information on the world s nations. The central intelligence agency cia is an independent us government agency responsible for providing national security intelligence to senior us policymakers. The latest 5 entries including two updated country profiles were prepared in 2002 under the direction of william mcdonald ph. May 24, 2018 the cia world factbook 20182019 by central intelligence agency, 9781510740273, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. The original 42 descriptions were completed in 1993. This entry provides two measures of the degree of urbanization of a population. New zealand was an enthusiastic member of the british empire, fighting in the boer war, world war i and world war ii and supporting britain in the suez crisis. This video describes how to find country overviews using the cias world factbook website.
The worlds largest archipelago, indonesia achieved independence from the netherlands in 1949. Inside youll find country profiles that include government, economic and geographic information. The kokoda track campaign is regarded by many as an analogous nationdefining event during world war ii. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of italy government 2015 information contained here. The apps are essentially rewrites of the cias world factbook, which, as a government publication, can be freely used by private publishers. The second, rate of urbanization, describes the projected average rate of change of the size of the urban population over the given period of time. Mla citation style guide the cia world factbook 20182019. For each country, the cia world factbook 20202021 includes. Squash, coconuts, bananas, and vanilla beans are the main crops, and agricultural exports make up twothirds of total exports. Atlantic ocean transportation 2018, cia world factbook.
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The first, urban population, describes the percentage of the total population living in urban areas, as defined by the country. Check out the reference maps for political and physical maps of many countries and regions. Central intelligence agency, 2009, skyhorse pub co inc. The world factbook is prepared by the central intelligence agency for the use of us government officials. From afghanistan to zimbabwe, the cia world factbook 2015 offers complete and uptodate information on the worlds nations. The new country took advantage of its natural resources to rapidly develop agricultural and manufacturing industries and to make a major contribution to the british effort in world wars i and ii. Nepals new constitution came into effect in 2015, at which point the ca became the parliament. The pacific coast of nicaragua was settled as a spanish colony from panama in the early 16th century. The british colony of new zealand became an independent dominion in 1907 and supported the uk militarily in both world wars. Median age is the age that divides a population into two numerically equal groups that is, half the people are younger than this age and half are older. There is a new entry on age structure and the airports entry now includes unpaved runways.
In general, information available as of 1 january 2002 was used in the preparation of the world factbook 2002. Download cia world factbook in predicate logic for free. Tonga, a small, open, south pacific island economy, has a narrow export base in agricultural goods. The world factbook provides information on the history, people and society, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.
The city is the second largest in new zealand after auckland, and at 41 degrees south latitude, it is the southernmost capital city in the world. Samoa cia world factbook the best country factbook. Australia cia world factbook the best country factbook. Cia world factbook in textbased predicate logic representation parsed from the oroginal html pages. It is a single index that summarizes the age distribution of a population. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of atlantic ocean transportation 2018 information contained here. The official print version is available from the government printing office. Chicago turabian humanities citation style guide the cia world factbook 20182019. New zealands full participation in a number of defense alliances lapsed by the 1980s. The cia world factbook 2015 book by central intelligence.
The 2007 cia world factbook library of congress classification. From afghanistan to zimbabwe, the cia world factbook 20192020 offers complete and uptodate information on the worlds nations. Independence from spain was declared in 1821 and the country became an independent republic in 1838. New zealand lies along the ring of fire, a belt of active volcanoes and. For 300 years lan xang had influence reaching into presentday cambodia and thailand, as well as over all of what is now laos. The cia world factbook 20202021 by central intelligence. Bureau of justice statistics the world factbook of. The cia world factbook 20182019 meriden public library.
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The 1995 cia world factbook by us central intelligence agency. After centuries of gradual decline, laos came under the domination. The information regarding new zealand on this page is republished from the 2020 world fact book of the united states central intelligence agency and other sources. From afghanistan to zimbabwe, the cia world factbook 20192020 offers complete and uptodate information on the world s nations. From afghanistan to zimbabwe, the cia world factbook 20202021 offers complete and uptodate information on the worlds nations. Modernday laos has its roots in the ancient lao kingdom of lan xang, established in the 14th century under king fa ngum. Bureau of justice statistics the world factbook of criminal. This comprehensive guide is packed with data on the.
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