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"Irrigated land": {
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"text": "860 sq km (2014)"
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},
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"Major rivers (by length in km)": {
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"text": "Zambezi (shared with Zambia [s], Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique [m]) - 2,740 km; Okavango river source (shared with Namibia and Botswana [m]) - 1,600 km<br><strong>note</strong> – <strong>[s]</strong> after country name indicates river source; <strong>[m]</strong> after country name indicates river mouth"
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},
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"Major watersheds (area sq km)": {
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"text": "Atlantic Ocean drainage: Congo (3,730,881 sq km)<br>Indian Ocean drainage: Zambezi (1,332,412 sq km)<br>Internal <em>(endorheic basin) </em>drainage: Okavango Basin (863,866 sq km)"
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},
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"Major aquifers": {
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"text": "Congo Basin, Upper Kalahari-Cuvelai-Upper Zambezi Basin"
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},
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"Major rivers (by length in km)": {
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"text": "Zambezi (shared with Zambia [s], Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique [m]) - 2,740 km; Okavango river source (shared with Namibia and Botswana [m]) - 1,600 km<br><strong>note</strong> – <strong>[s]</strong> after country name indicates river source; <strong>[m]</strong> after country name indicates river mouth"
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},
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"Population distribution": {
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"text": "most people live in the western half of the country; urban areas account for the highest concentrations of people, particularly the capital of Luanda as shown in this population distribution map"
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},
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"Irrigated land": {
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"text": "110 sq km (2012)"
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},
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"Major watersheds (area sq km)": {
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"text": "Atlantic Ocean drainage: Congo (3,730,881 sq km), <em>(Mediterranean Sea)</em> Nile (3,254,853 sq km)<br>Indian Ocean drainage: Zambezi (1,332,412 sq km)"
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},
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"Major aquifers": {
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"text": "Congo Basin"
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},
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"Major lakes (area sq km)": {
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"Fresh water lake(s)": {
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"text": "Lake Tanganyika (shared with Burundi, Tanzania, and Zambia) - 32,000 sq km; Lake Albert (shared with Uganda) - 5,590 sq km; Lake Mweru (shared with Zambia) - 4,350 sq km; Lac Mai-Ndombe - 2,300 sq km; Lake Kivu (shared with Rwanda) - 2,220 sq km; Lake Edward (shared with Uganda) - 2,150 sq km; Lac Tumba - 500 sq km; Lac Upemba - 530 sq km"
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"Major rivers (by length in km)": {
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"text": "Nile (shared with Sudan, South Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Egypt, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, and Tanzania) - 6,650 km; Congo (shared with Angola, and Republic of Congo) - 4,700 km; Ubangi (shared with Central African Republic and Republic of Congo) - 2,270 km; "
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},
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"Major watersheds (area sq km)": {
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"text": "Atlantic Ocean drainage: Congo (3,730,881 sq km), <em>(Mediterranean Sea)</em> Nile (3,254,853 sq km)<br>Indian Ocean drainage: Zambezi (1,332,412 sq km)"
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},
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"Major aquifers": {
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"text": "Congo Basin"
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},
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"Population distribution": {
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"text": "urban clusters are spread throughout the country, particularly in the northeast along the boarder with Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi; the largest city is the capital, Kinshasha, located in the west along the Congo River; the south is least densely populated as shown in this population distribution map"
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}
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},
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"Illicit drugs": {
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"text": "traffickers exploit lax shipping controls to transit pseudoephedrine through the capital; while rampant corruption and inadequate supervision leave the banking system vulnerable to money laundering, the lack of a well-developed financial system limits the country's utility as a money-laundering center"
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"text": "country of origin of methamphetamine destined for overseas markets"
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}
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}
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}
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"Irrigated land": {
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"text": "290 sq km (2012)"
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},
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"Major lakes (area sq km)": {
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"Fresh water lake(s)": {
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"text": "Lake Chad (endorheic lake shared with Niger, Nigeria, and Chad) - 10,360-25,900 sq km<br>note - area varies by season and year to year"
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}
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},
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"Major watersheds (area sq km)": {
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"text": "Atlantic Ocean drainage: Congo (3,730,881 sq km), Niger (2,261,741 sq km)<br>Internal <em>(endorheic basin) </em>drainage: Lake Chad (2,497,738 sq km)"
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},
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"Major aquifers": {
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"text": "Lake Chad Basin"
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},
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"Major lakes (area sq km)": {
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"Fresh water lake(s)": {
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"text": "Lake Chad (endorheic lake shared with Niger, Nigeria, and Chad) - 10,360-25,900 sq km<br>note - area varies by season and year to year"
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}
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},
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"Population distribution": {
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"text": "population concentrated in the west and north, with the interior of the country sparsely populated as shown in this population distribution map"
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},
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},
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"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
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"refugees (country of origin)": {
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"text": "332,594 (Central African Republic), 118,728 (Nigeria) (2021)"
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"text": "333,409 (Central African Republic), 118,996 (Nigeria) (2021)"
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},
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"IDPs": {
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"text": "1,052,591 (2021) (includes far north, northwest, and southwest)"
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"Communications": {
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"Telephones - fixed lines": {
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"total subscriptions": {
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"text": "10,042"
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"text": "7,573"
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},
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"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
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"text": "1.2 (2019 est.)"
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"text": "less than 1 (2019 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Telephones - mobile cellular": {
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"total subscriptions": {
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"text": "575,218"
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"text": "472,815 (2020)"
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},
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"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
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"text": "68.51 (2019 est.)"
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"text": "54.37 (2020 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Telecommunication systems": {
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},
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"Broadband - fixed subscriptions": {
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"total": {
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"text": "1,181"
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"text": "912"
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},
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"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
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"text": "less than 1 (2018 est.)"
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"Irrigated land": {
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"text": "10 sq km (2012)"
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},
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"Major rivers (by length in km)": {
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"text": "Ubangi (shared with Democratic Republic of Congo and Republic of Congo) - 2,270 km; "
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},
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"Major watersheds (area sq km)": {
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"text": "Atlantic Ocean drainage: Congo (3,730,881 sq km), <em>(Mediterranean Sea)</em> Nile (3,254,853 sq km)<br>Internal <em>(endorheic basin) </em>drainage: Lake Chad (2,497,738 sq km)"
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},
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"Major aquifers": {
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"text": "Congo Basin, Lake Chad Basin"
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},
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"Major rivers (by length in km)": {
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"text": "Ubangi (shared with Democratic Republic of Congo and Republic of Congo) - 2,270 km; "
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},
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"Population distribution": {
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"text": "majority of residents live in the western and central areas of the country, especially in and around the capital of Bangui as shown in this population distribution map"
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},
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"Communications": {
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"Telephones - fixed lines": {
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"total subscriptions": {
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"text": "2,934"
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"text": "2,193 (2018)"
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},
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"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
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"text": "less than 1 (2019 est.)"
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"text": "less than 1 (2018 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Telephones - mobile cellular": {
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"total subscriptions": {
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"text": "1,595,294"
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"text": "1,595,294 (2019)"
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},
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"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
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"text": "30.86 (2019 est.)"
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"text": "33.62 (2019 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Telecommunication systems": {
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},
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"Broadband - fixed subscriptions": {
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"total": {
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"text": "499"
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"text": "499 (2019)"
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},
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"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
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"text": "less than 1 (2018 est.)"
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"text": "less than 1 (2019 est.)"
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}
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}
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},
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},
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"Executive branch": {
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"chief of state": {
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"text": "President Jorge Carlos FONSECA (since 9 September 2011)"
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"text": "President Jose Maria NEVES (since 9 November 2021)"
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},
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"head of government": {
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"text": "Prime Minister Ulisses CORREIA E. SILVA (since 22 April 2016)"
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"text": "Council of Ministers appointed by the president on the recommendation of the prime minister"
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},
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"elections/appointments": {
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"text": "president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 2 October 2016 (next to be held on 17 October 2021); prime minister nominated by the National Assembly and appointed by the president"
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"text": "president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 17 October 2021 (next to be held on 17 October 2026); prime minister nominated by the National Assembly and appointed by the president"
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},
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"election results": {
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"text": "Jorge Carlos FONSECA reelected president; percent of vote - Jorge Carlos FONSECA (MPD) 74%, Albertino GRACA (independent) 23%, other 3%"
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}
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"text": "Jose Maria NEVES elected president; percent of vote - Jose Maria NEVES (APICV) 51.73%, Carlos Veiga (MFD) 42.37%, Casimiro de Pina (Independent) 1.81%, Fernando Rocha Delgado (Independent) 1.36%, Helio Sanches (Independent) 1.14%, Gilson Alves (Independent) 0.84%, Joaquim Monteiro (Independent) 0.74%<br><br>Jorge Carlos FONSECA reelected president; percent of vote - Jorge Carlos FONSECA (MPD) 74%, Albertino GRACA (independent) 23%, other 3%"
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},
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"note": "African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde (APICV)<br>Movement for Democracy (MFD)"
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},
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"Legislative branch": {
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"description": {
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},
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"Illicit drugs": {
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"text": "used as a transshipment point for Latin American cocaine destined for Western Europe, particularly because of Lusophone links to Brazil, Portugal, and Guinea-Bissau; has taken steps to deter drug money laundering, including a 2002 anti-money laundering reform that criminalizes laundering the proceeds of narcotics trafficking and other crimes and the establishment in 2008 of a Financial Intelligence Unit"
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"text": "Cabo Verde is a transit hub for cocaine, marijuana, and other drugs trafficked from Latin America to Europe; marijuana, cocaine, hashish, heroin, and methamphetamine are the most frequently consumed drugs in Cabo Verde"
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}
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"Communications": {
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"Telephones - fixed lines": {
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"total subscriptions": {
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"text": "37,107"
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"text": "38,866 (2020)"
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},
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"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
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"text": "4.12 (2019 est.)"
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"text": "3.93 (2020 est.)"
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}
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"Telephones - mobile cellular": {
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"total subscriptions": {
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"text": "413,866"
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"text": "434,035 (2020)"
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},
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"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
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"text": "45.94 (2019 est.)"
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"text": "43.93 (2020 est.)"
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"Broadband - fixed subscriptions": {
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"total": {
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"text": "24,416"
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"text": "25,053 (2020)"
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},
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"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
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"text": "2.71 (2019 est.)"
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"Irrigated land": {
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"text": "36,500 sq km (2012)"
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"Major watersheds (area sq km)": {
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"text": "Atlantic Ocean drainage: <em>(Mediterranean Sea)</em> Nile (3,254,853 sq km)"
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},
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"Major aquifers": {
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"text": "Nubian Aquifer System"
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"Major lakes (area sq km)": {
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"Salt water lake(s)": {
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"text": "Lake Manzala - 1,360 sq km<br>note - largest of Nile Delta lakes"
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"Major rivers (by length in km)": {
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"text": "Nile river mouth (shared with Rwanda [s], Tanzania, Uganda, South Sudan, and Sudan) - 6,650 km<br><strong>note</strong> – <strong>[s]</strong> after country name indicates river source; <strong>[m]</strong> after country name indicates river mouth"
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"Major watersheds (area sq km)": {
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"text": "Atlantic Ocean drainage: <em>(Mediterranean Sea)</em> Nile (3,254,853 sq km)"
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"Major aquifers": {
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"text": "Nubian Aquifer System"
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"Population distribution": {
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"text": "approximately 95% of the population lives within 20 km of the Nile River and its delta; vast areas of the country remain sparsely populated or uninhabited as shown in this population distribution map"
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"Illicit drugs": {
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"text": "transit point for cannabis, heroin, and opium moving to Europe, Israel, and North Africa; transit stop for Nigerian drug couriers; concern as money laundering site due to lax enforcement of financial regulations"
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"text": "<p>major source of precursor chemicals used in the production of illicit narcotics</p>"
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"Irrigated land": {
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"text": "210 sq km (2012)"
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"Major rivers (by length in km)": {
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"text": "Nile (shared with Sudan, South Sudan, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, and Tanzania) - 6,650 km;"
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"Population distribution": {
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"text": "density is highest in the center of the country in and around the cities of Asmara (capital) and Keren; smaller settlements exist in the north and south as shown in this population distribution map"
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"text": "726,957 tons (2011 est.)"
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"Major rivers (by length in km)": {
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"text": "Nile (shared with Sudan, South Sudan, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, and Tanzania) - 6,650 km;"
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"Total water withdrawal": {
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"municipal": {
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"text": "31 million cubic meters (2017 est.)"
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"Telephones - fixed lines": {
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"total subscriptions": {
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"text": "116,882"
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"text": "66,170 (2017)"
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},
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"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
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"text": "1.94 (2019 est.)"
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"text": "1.94 (2017 est.)"
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"Telephones - mobile cellular": {
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"total subscriptions": {
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"text": "1,226,660"
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"text": "695,000 (2017)"
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},
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"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
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"text": "20.36 (2019 est.)"
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"Broadband - fixed subscriptions": {
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"text": "600"
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"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
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"Irrigated land": {
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"text": "2,900 sq km (2012)"
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"Major watersheds (area sq km)": {
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"text": "Atlantic Ocean drainage: <em>(Mediterranean Sea)</em> Nile (3,254,853 sq km)"
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"Major aquifers": {
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"text": "Ogaden-Juba Basin, Sudd Basin (Umm Ruwaba Aquifer)"
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"Major lakes (area sq km)": {
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"Fresh water lake(s)": {
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"text": "Lake Tana - 3,600 sq km; Abaya Hayk - 1,160 sq km; Ch'amo Hayk - 550 sq km"
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"Major rivers (by length in km)": {
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"text": "Blue Nile (shared with Sudan) - 1,600 km;"
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"text": "Blue Nile river source (shared with Sudan [m]) - 1,600 km<br><strong>note</strong> – <strong>[s]</strong> after country name indicates river source; <strong>[m]</strong> after country name indicates river mouth"
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"Major watersheds (area sq km)": {
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"text": "Atlantic Ocean drainage: <em>(Mediterranean Sea)</em> Nile (3,254,853 sq km)"
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"Major aquifers": {
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"text": "Ogaden-Juba Basin, Sudd Basin (Umm Ruwaba Aquifer)"
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"Population distribution": {
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"text": "highest density is found in the highlands of the north and middle areas of the country, particularly around the centrally located capital city of Addis Ababa; the far east and southeast are sparsely populated as shown in this population distribution map"
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"Major rivers (by length in km)": {
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"text": "Blue Nile (shared with Sudan) - 1,600 km;"
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"text": "Blue Nile river source (shared with Sudan [m]) - 1,600 km<br><strong>note</strong> – <strong>[s]</strong> after country name indicates river source; <strong>[m]</strong> after country name indicates river mouth"
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"Major watersheds (area sq km)": {
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"Telephones - fixed lines": {
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"total subscriptions": {
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"text": "1,095,946"
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"text": "1.181 million (2017)"
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"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
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"text": "1.04 (2019 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "1.11 (2017 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Telephones - mobile cellular": {
|
||||
"total subscriptions": {
|
||||
"text": "38,147,361"
|
||||
"text": "39.6 million (2017)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
|
||||
"text": "36.2 (2019 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "37.22 (2017 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Telecommunication systems": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -1074,10 +1074,10 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Broadband - fixed subscriptions": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "580,120"
|
||||
"text": "62,950 (2017 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
|
||||
"text": "1 (2017 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "less than 1 (2017 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
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||||
|
|
@ -1193,14 +1193,14 @@
|
|||
"text": "the ENDF's inventory is comprised mostly of Soviet-era equipment from the 1970s; since 2010, Russia and Ukraine are the leading suppliers of largely second-hand weapons and equipment to the ENDF, followed by China and Hungary; Ethiopia has a modest industrial defense base centered on small arms and production of armored vehicles (2020)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military deployments": {
|
||||
"text": "estimated as many as 10,000 Somalia (4,500 for AMISOM); 3,300 Sudan (UNISFA); 1,500 South Sudan (UNMISS) (2021)",
|
||||
"text": "up to 10,000 Somalia (4,500 for AMISOM); 3,300 Sudan (UNISFA); 1,500 South Sudan (UNMISS) (2021)",
|
||||
"note": "note - in August 2021, Sudan asked the UN to remove the Ethiopian troops from the UNISFA mission"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military service age and obligation": {
|
||||
"text": "18 years of age for voluntary military service; no compulsory military service, but the military can conduct callups when necessary and compliance is compulsory (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military - note": {
|
||||
"text": "each of the nine states has a regional and/or a \"special\" paramilitary security forces that report to regional civilian authorities; local militias operate across the country in loose and varying coordination with these regional security and police forces, the Ethiopian Federal Police (EFP), and the Ethiopian military; the EFP reports to the Ministry of Peace, which was created in October of 2018<br> <p>in November 2021, long-simmering tensions between the Ethiopian Government and the state of Tigray’s ruling party (Tigray People’s Liberation Front, TPLF) led to armed clashes between ENDF and Tigrayan paramilitary forces; the Ethiopian Government sent large elements of the ENDF into Tigray to remove the TPLF and invited militia and paramilitary forces from the states of Afar and Amara, as well as the military forces of Eritrea, to assist; fighting continued through 2021 with heavy civilian and military casualties and widespread human rights abuses reported</p> <p>the military forces of the Tigray regional government are known as the Tigray Defense Force (TDF); the TDF is comprised of state paramilitary forces, local militia, and troops that defected from the ENDF; it reportedly had up to 250,000 fighters at the start of the conflict; in August 2021, the TPLF struck an alliance with with the the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA); the OLA is a splinter rebel group of the Oromo Liberation Front, a formerly banned opposition group that returned from exile in 2018 </p> <p>as of 2021, the Ethiopian military consisted of approximately 22 Army divisions (approximately 14 light infantry, 6 mechanized, and 1 commando/special operations), while the Air Force had 2 fighter/ground attack and 2 mixed attack/transport helicopter squadrons</p> <br> <p> </p>"
|
||||
"text": "each of the nine states has a regional and/or a \"special\" paramilitary security forces that report to regional civilian authorities; local militias operate across the country in loose and varying coordination with these regional security and police forces, the Ethiopian Federal Police (EFP), and the Ethiopian military; the EFP reports to the Ministry of Peace, which was created in October of 2018<br> <p>in November 2021, long-simmering tensions between the Ethiopian Government and the state of Tigray’s ruling party (Tigray People’s Liberation Front, TPLF) led to armed clashes between ENDF and Tigrayan paramilitary forces; the Ethiopian Government sent large elements of the ENDF into Tigray to remove the TPLF and invited militia and paramilitary forces from the states of Afar and Amara, as well as the military forces of Eritrea, to assist; fighting continued through 2021 with heavy civilian and military casualties and widespread human rights abuses reported</p> <p>the military forces of the Tigray regional government are known as the Tigray Defense Force (TDF); the TDF is comprised of state paramilitary forces, local militia, and troops that defected from the ENDF; it reportedly had up to 250,000 fighters at the start of the conflict; in August 2021, the TPLF struck an alliance with the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA)</p> <p>as of 2021, the Ethiopian military consisted of approximately 22 Army divisions (approximately 14 light infantry, 6 mechanized, and 1 commando/special operations), while the Air Force had 2 fighter/ground attack and 2 mixed attack/transport helicopter squadrons</p> <br> <p> </p>"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Terrorism": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -1215,7 +1215,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
|
||||
"refugees (country of origin)": {
|
||||
"text": "378,423 (South Sudan), 215,300 (Somalia), 150,960 (Eritrea), 46,014 (Sudan) (2021)"
|
||||
"text": "380,320 (South Sudan), 216,558 (Somalia), 150,960 (Eritrea), 46,014 (Sudan) (2021)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"IDPs": {
|
||||
"text": "1,990,168 (includes conflict- and climate-induced IDPs, excluding unverified estimates from the Amhara region; border war with Eritrea from 1998-2000; ethnic clashes; and ongoing fighting between the Ethiopian military and separatist rebel groups in the Somali and Oromia regions; natural disasters; intercommunal violence; most IDPs live in Sumale state) (2021)"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -96,12 +96,12 @@
|
|||
"Irrigated land": {
|
||||
"text": "50 sq km (2012)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major rivers (by length in km)": {
|
||||
"text": "Gambia river mouth (shared with Senegal and Guinea [s]) - 1,094 km<br><strong>note</strong> – <strong>[s]</strong> after country name indicates river source; <strong>[m]</strong> after country name indicates river mouth"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major aquifers": {
|
||||
"text": "Senegalo-Mauritanian Basin"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major rivers (by length in km)": {
|
||||
"text": "Gambia (shared with Senegal and Guinea) - 1,094 km"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Population distribution": {
|
||||
"text": "settlements are found scattered along the Gambia River; the largest communities, including the capital of Banjul, and the country's largest city, Serekunda, are found at the mouth of the Gambia River along the Atlantic coast as shown in this population distribution map"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -478,7 +478,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major rivers (by length in km)": {
|
||||
"text": "Gambia (shared with Senegal and Guinea) - 1,094 km"
|
||||
"text": "Gambia river mouth (shared with Senegal and Guinea [s]) - 1,094 km<br><strong>note</strong> – <strong>[s]</strong> after country name indicates river source; <strong>[m]</strong> after country name indicates river mouth"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major aquifers": {
|
||||
"text": "Senegalo-Mauritanian Basin"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -96,12 +96,12 @@
|
|||
"Irrigated land": {
|
||||
"text": "340 sq km (2012)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major watersheds (area sq km)": {
|
||||
"text": "Atlantic Ocean drainage: Volta (410,991 sq km)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major rivers (by length in km)": {
|
||||
"text": "Volta (shared with Burkina Faso) - 1,600 km"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major watersheds (area sq km)": {
|
||||
"text": "Atlantic Ocean drainage: Volta (410,991 sq km)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Population distribution": {
|
||||
"text": "population is concentrated in the southern half of the country, with the highest concentrations being on or near the Atlantic coast as shown in this population distribution map"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -356,13 +356,13 @@
|
|||
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"total population": {
|
||||
"text": "76.6%"
|
||||
"text": "79%"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "82%"
|
||||
"text": "83.5%"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "71.4% (2015)"
|
||||
"text": "74.5% (2018)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -1173,7 +1173,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Illicit drugs": {
|
||||
"text": "illicit producer of cannabis for the international drug trade; major transit hub for Southwest and Southeast Asian heroin and, to a lesser extent, South American cocaine destined for Europe and the US; widespread crime and money-laundering problem, but the lack of a well-developed financial infrastructure limits the country's utility as a money-laundering center; significant domestic cocaine and cannabis use"
|
||||
"text": "a transit and destination point for illicit drugs trafficked from Asia and South America to other African nations and Europe, and to a lesser extent the United States; cultivation of cannabis for domestic use and is trafficked to regional markets or to Europe"
|
||||
}
|
||||
}
|
||||
}
|
||||
|
|
@ -90,12 +90,12 @@
|
|||
"Irrigated land": {
|
||||
"text": "950 sq km (2012)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major rivers (by length in km)": {
|
||||
"text": "Niger river source (shared with Mali, and Nigeria [m]) - 4,200 km; Gambia river source (shared with Senegal and The Gambia [m]) - 1,094 km<br><strong>note</strong> – <strong>[s]</strong> after country name indicates river source; <strong>[m]</strong> after country name indicates river mouth"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major watersheds (area sq km)": {
|
||||
"text": "Atlantic Ocean drainage: Niger (2,261,741 sq km), Senegal (456,397 sq km)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major rivers (by length in km)": {
|
||||
"text": "Niger (shared with Mali, Niger, and Nigeria) - 4,200 km; Gambia (shared with Senegal and The Gambia) - 1,094 km"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Population distribution": {
|
||||
"text": "areas of highest density are in the west and south; interior is sparsely populated as shown in this population distribution map"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -350,13 +350,13 @@
|
|||
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"total population": {
|
||||
"text": "30.4%"
|
||||
"text": "39.6%"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "38.1%"
|
||||
"text": "54.4%"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "22.8% (2015)"
|
||||
"text": "27.7% (2018)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -484,7 +484,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major rivers (by length in km)": {
|
||||
"text": "Niger (shared with Mali, Niger, and Nigeria) - 4,200 km; Gambia (shared with Senegal and The Gambia) - 1,094 km"
|
||||
"text": "Niger river source (shared with Mali, and Nigeria [m]) - 4,200 km; Gambia river source (shared with Senegal and The Gambia [m]) - 1,094 km<br><strong>note</strong> – <strong>[s]</strong> after country name indicates river source; <strong>[m]</strong> after country name indicates river mouth"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major watersheds (area sq km)": {
|
||||
"text": "Atlantic Ocean drainage: Niger (2,261,741 sq km), Senegal (456,397 sq km)"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -93,14 +93,14 @@
|
|||
"Irrigated land": {
|
||||
"text": "730 sq km (2012)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major watersheds (area sq km)": {
|
||||
"text": "Atlantic Ocean drainage: Niger (2,261,741 sq km), Volta (410,991 sq km)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major lakes (area sq km)": {
|
||||
"Salt water lake(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "Lagune Aby - 780 sq km"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major watersheds (area sq km)": {
|
||||
"text": "Atlantic Ocean drainage: Niger (2,261,741 sq km), Volta (410,991 sq km)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Population distribution": {
|
||||
"text": "the population is primarily located in the forested south, with the highest concentration of people residing in and around the cities on the Atlantic coast; most of the northern savanna remains sparsely populated with higher concentrations located along transportation corridors as shown in this population distribution map"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -357,13 +357,13 @@
|
|||
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"total population": {
|
||||
"text": "47.2%"
|
||||
"text": "89.9%"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "53.7%"
|
||||
"text": "93.1%"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "40.5% (2018)"
|
||||
"text": "86.7% (2019)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -93,12 +93,6 @@
|
|||
"Irrigated land": {
|
||||
"text": "1,030 sq km (2012)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major watersheds (area sq km)": {
|
||||
"text": "Atlantic Ocean drainage: <em>(Mediterranean Sea)</em> Nile (3,254,853 sq km)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major aquifers": {
|
||||
"text": "Ogaden-Juba Basin"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major lakes (area sq km)": {
|
||||
"Fresh water lake(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "Lake Victoria (shared with Tanzania and Uganda) - 62,940 sq km"
|
||||
|
|
@ -107,6 +101,12 @@
|
|||
"text": "Lake Turkana (shared with Ethiopia) - 6,400 sq km"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major watersheds (area sq km)": {
|
||||
"text": "Atlantic Ocean drainage: <em>(Mediterranean Sea)</em> Nile (3,254,853 sq km)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major aquifers": {
|
||||
"text": "Ogaden-Juba Basin"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Population distribution": {
|
||||
"text": "population heavily concentrated in the west along the shore of Lake Victoria; other areas of high density include the capital of Nairobi, and in the southeast along the Indian Ocean coast as shown in this population distribution map"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -1033,18 +1033,18 @@
|
|||
"Communications": {
|
||||
"Telephones - fixed lines": {
|
||||
"total subscriptions": {
|
||||
"text": "70,394"
|
||||
"text": "66,646 (2020)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
|
||||
"text": "less than 1 (2019 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "less than 1 (2020 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Telephones - mobile cellular": {
|
||||
"total subscriptions": {
|
||||
"text": "54,555,497"
|
||||
"text": "61,408,904 (2020)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
|
||||
"text": "104.22 (2019 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "114.2 (2020 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Telecommunication systems": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -1075,10 +1075,10 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Broadband - fixed subscriptions": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "491,183"
|
||||
"text": "674,191 (2020)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
|
||||
"text": "1 less than 1 (2018 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "1.25 (2020 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -1237,7 +1237,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
|
||||
"refugees (country of origin)": {
|
||||
"text": "274,499 (Somalia), 135,771 (South Sudan), 30,576 (Democratic Republic of the Congo), 20,668 (Ethiopia), 7,160 (Burundi) (2021)"
|
||||
"text": "262,736 (Somalia), 148,249 (South Sudan), 30,576 (Democratic Republic of the Congo), 20,668 (Ethiopia), 7,160 (Burundi) (2021)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"IDPs": {
|
||||
"text": "190,000 (election-related violence, intercommunal violence, resource conflicts, al-Shabaab attacks in 2017 and 2018) (2020)"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1247,7 +1247,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Illicit drugs": {
|
||||
"text": "widespread harvesting of small plots of marijuana; transit country for South Asian heroin destined for Europe and North America; Indian methaqualone also transits on way to South Africa; significant potential for money-laundering activity given the country's status as a regional financial center; massive corruption, and relatively high levels of narcotics-associated activities"
|
||||
"text": "<p>a transit country for a variety of illicit drugs, including heroin and cocaine; transit location for precursor chemicals used to produce methamphetamine and other drugs; heroin from Southwest Asia enters Kenya destined for international markets, mainly Europe; cocaine transits through Kenya shipped through Ethiopia from South America; cultivates cannabis and miraa (khat) for both local use and export</p>"
|
||||
}
|
||||
}
|
||||
}
|
||||
|
|
@ -1127,7 +1127,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Illicit drugs": {
|
||||
"text": "transshipment point for Southeast and Southwest Asian heroin and South American cocaine for the European and US markets; corruption, criminal activity, arms-dealing, and diamond trade provide significant potential for money laundering, but the lack of well-developed financial system limits the country's utility as a major money-laundering center"
|
||||
"text": "<p>not a significant transit country for illicit narcotics but proximity to major drug routes contribute to trafficking; not a significant producer of illicit narcotics; local drug use involves marijuana, heroin, cocaine, the synthetic opioid tramadol, and amphetamine-type stimulants</p>"
|
||||
}
|
||||
}
|
||||
}
|
||||
|
|
@ -1036,13 +1036,13 @@
|
|||
"text": "not available"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
|
||||
"text": "not available"
|
||||
"text": "estimates not available"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
|
||||
"text": "both the forces of the Government of National Accord and the Libyan National Army are largely equipped with weapons of Russian or Soviet origin; as of 2020, Russia, Turkey, and the UAE were reportedly providing weapons and military equipment to the forces in Libya (2020)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military - note": {
|
||||
"text": "as of late 2020, there were at least 10,000 foreign mercenaries and proxy forces estimated to be deployed in Libya to bolster both GNA- and LNA-aligned forces (2020)"
|
||||
"text": "as of late 2020, there were at least 10,000 and as many as 20,000 foreign mercenaries and proxy forces estimated to be deployed in Libya to bolster both GNA- and LNA-aligned forces"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Terrorism": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -343,13 +343,13 @@
|
|||
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"total population": {
|
||||
"text": "74.8%"
|
||||
"text": "76.7%"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "77.3%"
|
||||
"text": "78.4%"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "72.4% (2018)"
|
||||
"text": "75.1% (2018)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -85,12 +85,6 @@
|
|||
"Irrigated land": {
|
||||
"text": "3,780 sq km (2012)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major watersheds (area sq km)": {
|
||||
"text": "Atlantic Ocean drainage: Niger (2,261,741 sq km), Senegal (456,397 sq km), Volta (410,991 sq km)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major aquifers": {
|
||||
"text": "Lullemeden-Irhazer Basin, Taodeni-Tanezrouft Basin"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major lakes (area sq km)": {
|
||||
"Fresh water lake(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "Lac Faguibine - 590 sq km<br>note - the Niger River is the only source of water for the lake; in recent years the lake is dry"
|
||||
|
|
@ -99,6 +93,12 @@
|
|||
"Major rivers (by length in km)": {
|
||||
"text": "Niger (shared with Guinea, Niger, and Nigeria) - 4,200 km; Senegal (shared with Senegal and Mauritania) - 1,641 km; "
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major watersheds (area sq km)": {
|
||||
"text": "Atlantic Ocean drainage: Niger (2,261,741 sq km), Senegal (456,397 sq km), Volta (410,991 sq km)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major aquifers": {
|
||||
"text": "Lullemeden-Irhazer Basin, Taodeni-Tanezrouft Basin"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Population distribution": {
|
||||
"text": "the overwhelming majority of the population lives in the southern half of the country, with greater density along the border with Burkina Faso as shown in this population distribution map"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -1176,6 +1176,9 @@
|
|||
"tier rating": {
|
||||
"text": "Tier 2 Watch List — Mali does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so; government efforts included prosecuting hereditary slavery cases, increasing convictions, continuing training and awareness raising activities, releasing all children associated with the Malian armed forces (FAMa) to an international organization for care, training law enforcement officials on protection of children in armed conflict, identifying 215 children used by armed groups and referring them to international organizations for care; however, the government did not stop all use of children in the FAMa; the government continued to provide support to and collaborate with the Imghad Tuareg and the Allies Self-Defense Group, which recruited and used child soldiers; authorities did not investigate any suspects for child soldier offenses or make efforts to prevent it; law enforcement lacked resources and training about human trafficking; services for victims remained insufficient; therefore, Mali was downgraded to Tier 2 Watch List (2020)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Illicit drugs": {
|
||||
"text": "<p>a transit point for illicit drugs trafficked to Europe; trafficking controlled by armed groups, criminal organizations, terrorist groups and government officials that facilitate, protect and profit from the activity</p>"
|
||||
}
|
||||
}
|
||||
}
|
||||
|
|
@ -1215,7 +1215,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "<p>Morocco protests Spain's control over the coastal enclaves of Ceuta, Melilla, and Penon de Velez de la Gomera, the islands of Penon de Alhucemas and Islas Chafarinas, and surrounding waters; both countries claim Isla Perejil (Leila Island); discussions have not progressed on a comprehensive maritime delimitation, setting limits on resource exploration and refugee interdiction, since Morocco's 2002 rejection of Spain's unilateral designation of a median line from the Canary Islands; Morocco serves as one of the primary launching areas of illegal migration into Spain from North Africa; Algeria's border with Morocco remains an irritant to bilateral relations, each nation accusing the other of harboring militants and arms smuggling; the National Liberation Front's assertions of a claim to Chirac Pastures in southeastern Morocco is a dormant dispute</p>"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Illicit drugs": {
|
||||
"text": "the world's largest producer and exporter of cannabis; total production for 2015-2016 growing season estimated to be 700 metric tons; shipments of hashish mostly directed to Western Europe; transit point for cocaine from South America destined for Western Europe; significant consumer of cannabis"
|
||||
"text": "<p>one of the world’s largest cannabis-producing country with Europe as the main market; hashish is also smuggled to South America and the Caribbean where it is exchanged for cocaine which is distributed in Europe; MDMA (ecstasy), originating in Belgium and the Netherlands is smuggled into northern Morocco for sale on the domestic market</p>"
|
||||
}
|
||||
}
|
||||
}
|
||||
|
|
@ -1085,7 +1085,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Illicit drugs": {
|
||||
"text": "consumer and transshipment point for heroin from South Asia; small amounts of cannabis produced and consumed locally; significant offshore financial industry creates potential for money laundering, but corruption levels are relatively low and the government appears generally to be committed to regulating its banking industry"
|
||||
"text": "<p>consumer and transshipment point for heroin from South Asia; small amounts of cannabis produced and consumed locally; significant offshore financial industry creates potential for money laundering, but corruption levels are relatively low and the government appears generally to be committed to regulating its banking industry</p>"
|
||||
}
|
||||
}
|
||||
}
|
||||
|
|
@ -96,15 +96,15 @@
|
|||
"Irrigated land": {
|
||||
"text": "450 sq km (2012)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major rivers (by length in km)": {
|
||||
"text": "Senegal (shared with Senegal and Mali) - 1,641 km; "
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major watersheds (area sq km)": {
|
||||
"text": "Atlantic Ocean drainage: Niger (2,261,741 sq km), Senegal (456,397 sq km)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major aquifers": {
|
||||
"text": "Senegalo-Mauritanian Basin, Taodeni-Tanzerouft Basin"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major rivers (by length in km)": {
|
||||
"text": "Senegal (shared with Senegal and Mali) - 1,641 km; "
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Population distribution": {
|
||||
"text": "with most of the country being a desert, vast areas of the country, particularly in the central, northern, and eastern areas, are without sizeable population clusters; half the population lives in or around the coastal capital of Nouakchott; smaller clusters are found near the southern border with Mali and Senegal as shown in this population distribution map"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -90,9 +90,6 @@
|
|||
"Irrigated land": {
|
||||
"text": "1,180 sq km (2012)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major watersheds (area sq km)": {
|
||||
"text": "Indian Ocean drainage: Zambezi (1,332,412 sq km)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major lakes (area sq km)": {
|
||||
"Fresh water lake(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "Lake Malawi (shared with Malawi and Tanzania) - 22,490"
|
||||
|
|
@ -101,6 +98,9 @@
|
|||
"Major rivers (by length in km)": {
|
||||
"text": "Zambezi river mouth (shared with Zambia [s]), Angola, Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe) - 2,740 km; Limpopo river mouth (shared with South Africa [s], Botswana, and Zimbabwe) - 1,800 km<br><strong>note</strong> – <strong>[s]</strong> after country name indicates river source; <strong>[m]</strong> after country name indicates river mouth"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major watersheds (area sq km)": {
|
||||
"text": "Indian Ocean drainage: Zambezi (1,332,412 sq km)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Population distribution": {
|
||||
"text": "three large populations clusters are found along the southern coast between Maputo and Inhambane, in the central area between Beira and Chimoio along the Zambezi River, and in and around the northern cities of Nampula, Cidade de Nacala, and Pemba; the northwest and southwest are the least populated areas as shown in this population distribution map"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -1213,7 +1213,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Illicit drugs": {
|
||||
"text": "southern African transit point for South Asian hashish and heroin, and South American cocaine probably destined for the European and South African markets; producer of cannabis (for local consumption) and methaqualone (for export to South Africa); corruption and poor regulatory capability make the banking system vulnerable to money laundering, but the lack of a well-developed financial infrastructure limits the country's utility as a money-laundering center"
|
||||
"text": "used by transnational organized crime networks from West and East Africa and South Asia as a transit point for drug trafficking and international money laundering; heroin from Southwest Asia, cocaine from South America, precursor chemicals and controlled pharmaceuticals from India, and methamphetamine from Nigeria transit destined for Southern Africa, Northern Africa, Europe, Canada, and the United States; cannabis is cultivated in Mozambique"
|
||||
}
|
||||
}
|
||||
}
|
||||
|
|
@ -85,12 +85,6 @@
|
|||
"Irrigated land": {
|
||||
"text": "1,000 sq km (2012)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major watersheds (area sq km)": {
|
||||
"text": "Atlantic Ocean drainage: Niger (2,261,741 sq km)<br>Internal <em>(endorheic basin) </em>drainage: Lake Chad (2,497,738 sq km)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major aquifers": {
|
||||
"text": "Lake Chad Basin, Lullemeden-Irhazer Basin, Murzuk-Djado Basin"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major lakes (area sq km)": {
|
||||
"Fresh water lake(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "Lake Chad (endorheic lake shared with Chad, Nigeria, and Cameroon) - 10,360-25,900 sq km<br>note - area varies by season and year to year"
|
||||
|
|
@ -99,6 +93,12 @@
|
|||
"Major rivers (by length in km)": {
|
||||
"text": "Niger (shared with Guinea, Mali, and Nigeria) - 4,200 km; "
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major watersheds (area sq km)": {
|
||||
"text": "Atlantic Ocean drainage: Niger (2,261,741 sq km)<br>Internal <em>(endorheic basin) </em>drainage: Lake Chad (2,497,738 sq km)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major aquifers": {
|
||||
"text": "Lake Chad Basin, Lullemeden-Irhazer Basin, Murzuk-Djado Basin"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Population distribution": {
|
||||
"text": "majority of the populace is located in the southernmost extreme of the country along the border with Nigeria and Benin as shown in this population distribution map"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -351,13 +351,13 @@
|
|||
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"total population": {
|
||||
"text": "19.1%"
|
||||
"text": "35.1%"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "27.3%"
|
||||
"text": "43.6%"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "11% (2015)"
|
||||
"text": "26.7% (2018)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -1023,7 +1023,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Telecommunication systems": {
|
||||
"general assessment": {
|
||||
"text": "<p>difficult economic climate, with lack of fixed telecom infrastructure; mobile services stronger than fixed telecom; low broadband penetration; adopted free mobile roaming with other G5 Sahel countries; World Bank project to facilitate digital progress; government contributes to Trans-Sahara Backbone network, with aims to extend fiber-optic and international capacity; LTE license awarded; government substantially taxes telecom sector (2021)</p> (2020)"
|
||||
"text": "difficult economic climate, with lack of fixed telecom infrastructure; mobile services stronger than fixed telecom; low broadband penetration; adopted free mobile roaming with other G5 Sahel countries; World Bank project to facilitate digital progress; government contributes to Trans-Sahara Backbone network, with aims to extend fiber-optic and international capacity; LTE license awarded; government substantially taxes telecom sector (2020)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"domestic": {
|
||||
"text": "fixed-line 1 per 100 persons and mobile-cellular teledensity remains 41 per 100 persons despite a rapidly increasing cellular subscribership base; small system of wire, radio telephone communications, and microwave radio relay links concentrated in southwestern Niger; domestic satellite system with 3 earth stations and 1 planned (2019)"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1185,6 +1185,9 @@
|
|||
"IDPs": {
|
||||
"text": "291,061 (includes the regions of Diffa, Tillaberi, and Tahoua; unknown how many of the 11,000 people displaced by clashes between government forces and the Tuareg militant group, Niger Movement for Justice, in 2007 are still displaced; inter-communal violence; Boko Haram attacks in southern Niger, 2015) (2021)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Illicit drugs": {
|
||||
"text": "<p>a transit point for illicit drugs narcotics trafficked through the Sahara; drugs from South America, particularly cocaine, heroin, cannabis products, and synthetic drugs, transit en route to European and Middle Eastern markets; synthetic opioid tramadol is shipped from Nigeria through Niger to other African countries; hashish from Morocco is trafficked to Libya, Egypt, Europe, and the Middle East; traffickers are formalized networks of Arab, Tuareg, and Toubou transportation groups</p>"
|
||||
}
|
||||
}
|
||||
}
|
||||
|
|
@ -93,12 +93,6 @@
|
|||
"Irrigated land": {
|
||||
"text": "2,930 sq km (2012)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major watersheds (area sq km)": {
|
||||
"text": "Atlantic Ocean drainage: Niger (2,261,741 sq km)<br>Internal <em>(endorheic basin) </em>drainage: Lake Chad (2,497,738 sq km)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major aquifers": {
|
||||
"text": "Lake Chad Basin, Lullemeden-Irhazer Aquifer System"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major lakes (area sq km)": {
|
||||
"Fresh water lake(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "Lake Chad (endorheic lake shared with Niger, Chad, and Cameroon) - 10,360-25,900 sq km<br>note - area varies by season and year to year"
|
||||
|
|
@ -107,6 +101,12 @@
|
|||
"Major rivers (by length in km)": {
|
||||
"text": "Niger (shared with Guinea, Mali, and Niger) - 4,200 km; "
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major watersheds (area sq km)": {
|
||||
"text": "Atlantic Ocean drainage: Niger (2,261,741 sq km)<br>Internal <em>(endorheic basin) </em>drainage: Lake Chad (2,497,738 sq km)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major aquifers": {
|
||||
"text": "Lake Chad Basin, Lullemeden-Irhazer Aquifer System"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Population distribution": {
|
||||
"text": "largest population of any African nation; significant population clusters are scattered throughout the country, with the highest density areas being in the south and southwest as shown in this population distribution map"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -1250,7 +1250,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Illicit drugs": {
|
||||
"text": "a transit point for heroin and cocaine intended for European, East Asian, and North American markets; consumer of amphetamines; safe haven for Nigerian narcotraffickers operating worldwide; major money-laundering center; massive corruption and criminal activity; Nigeria has improved some anti-money-laundering controls, resulting in its removal from the Financial Action Task Force's (FATF's) Noncooperative Countries and Territories List in June 2006; Nigeria's anti-money-laundering regime continues to be monitored by FATF"
|
||||
"text": "a significant source for cannabis cultivation and methamphetamine production; a major place for transnational drug trafficking networks that supply cocaine to Asia and Europe, heroin to Europe and North America, and methamphetamine to South Africa, Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand; traffickers also involved in the transportation, facilitation, and distribution of illicitly diverted tramadol"
|
||||
}
|
||||
}
|
||||
}
|
||||
|
|
@ -80,12 +80,12 @@
|
|||
"Irrigated land": {
|
||||
"text": "1,000 sq km (2012)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major watersheds (area sq km)": {
|
||||
"text": "Atlantic Ocean drainage: Congo (3,730,881 sq km), <em>(Mediterranean Sea)</em> Nile (3,254,853 sq km)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major rivers (by length in km)": {
|
||||
"text": "Nile (shared with Rwanda [s], Tanzania, Uganda, Sudan, and Egypt [m]) - 6,650 km<br><strong>note</strong> – <strong>[s]</strong> after country name indicates river source; <strong>[m]</strong> after country name indicates river mouth"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major watersheds (area sq km)": {
|
||||
"text": "Atlantic Ocean drainage: Congo (3,730,881 sq km), <em>(Mediterranean Sea)</em> Nile (3,254,853 sq km)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Population distribution": {
|
||||
"text": "clusters found in urban areas, particularly in the western interior and around the White Nile as shown in this population distribution map"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -874,7 +874,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Telecommunication systems": {
|
||||
"general assessment": {
|
||||
"text": "<p>landlocked and war-torn with little infrastructure and electricity, Sudan has one of the least developed telecom and Internet systems in the world and one of the lowest mobile penetration rates in Africa; instability, widespread poverty, and low literacy rate all contribute to a struggling telecom sector; due to revenue losses, the few carriers in the market have reduced the areas in which they offer service; the government recognizes positive effects of ICT on development and is providing a range of investment incentives; international community provided billions in aid to help the young country; Chinese investment plays a growing role in the infrastructure build-out and energy sectors; by 2020, one operator had initiated e-money service; international fiber cable link from Juba to Mombasa will drive down costs of Internet; government utilizes unchecked power to conduct surveillance and monitor communications; importer of broadcasting equipment from China (2021)</p> (2020)"
|
||||
"text": "landlocked and war-torn with little infrastructure and electricity, Sudan has one of the least developed telecom and Internet systems in the world and one of the lowest mobile penetration rates in Africa; instability, widespread poverty, and low literacy rate all contribute to a struggling telecom sector; due to revenue losses, the few carriers in the market have reduced the areas in which they offer service; the government recognizes positive effects of ICT on development and is providing a range of investment incentives; international community provided billions in aid to help the young country; Chinese investment plays a growing role in the infrastructure build-out and energy sectors; by 2020, one operator had initiated e-money service; international fiber cable link from Juba to Mombasa will drive down costs of Internet; government utilizes unchecked power to conduct surveillance and monitor communications; importer of broadcasting equipment from China (2020)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"domestic": {
|
||||
"text": "fixed-line less than 1 per 100 subscriptions, mobile-cellular 33 per 100 persons (2019)"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -1072,7 +1072,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Illicit drugs": {
|
||||
"text": "increasingly important transit country for South American cocaine en route to Europe; enabling environment for trafficker operations due to pervasive corruption; archipelago-like geography near the capital facilitates drug smuggling"
|
||||
"text": "important transit country for South American cocaine en route to Europe; enabling environment for trafficker operations due to pervasive corruption; archipelago-like geography near the capital facilitates drug smuggling"
|
||||
}
|
||||
}
|
||||
}
|
||||
|
|
@ -85,9 +85,6 @@
|
|||
"Irrigated land": {
|
||||
"text": "96 sq km (2012)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major watersheds (area sq km)": {
|
||||
"text": "Atlantic Ocean drainage: Congo (3,730,881 sq km), <em>(Mediterranean Sea)</em> Nile (3,254,853 sq km)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major lakes (area sq km)": {
|
||||
"Fresh water lake(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "Lake Kivu (shared with Democratic Republic of Congo) - 2,220 sq km"
|
||||
|
|
@ -96,6 +93,9 @@
|
|||
"Major rivers (by length in km)": {
|
||||
"text": "Nile river source (shared with Tanzania, Uganda, South Sudan, Sudan, and Egypt [m]) - 6,650 km<strong><br>note</strong> – <strong>[s]</strong> after country name indicates river source; <strong>[m]</strong> after country name indicates river mouth"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major watersheds (area sq km)": {
|
||||
"text": "Atlantic Ocean drainage: Congo (3,730,881 sq km), <em>(Mediterranean Sea)</em> Nile (3,254,853 sq km)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Population distribution": {
|
||||
"text": "one of Africa's most densely populated countries; large concentrations tend to be in the central regions and along the shore of Lake Kivu in the west as shown in this population distribution map"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -1127,8 +1127,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "the RDF's inventory includes mostly Soviet-era and older Western - mostly French and South African - equipment; Rwanda has received a limited supply of imports since 2010 from a variety of countries, including China, Israel, Russia, and Turkey (2020)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military deployments": {
|
||||
"text": "1,390 Central African Republic (MINUSCA); 2,775 South Sudan (UNMISS) (2021)",
|
||||
"note": "note - in mid-2021, Rwanda sent about 1,000 combat troops to Mozambique to assist the Mozambique Government in combating an insurgency"
|
||||
"text": "2,150 Central African Republic (approximately 1,400 for MINUSCA; an additional 750 sent bilaterally in August, 2021); 1,000 Mozambique (deployed mid-2021 to assist with combating insurgency); 2,775 South Sudan (UNMISS) (2021)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military service age and obligation": {
|
||||
"text": "18 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription; Rwandan citizenship is required; enlistment is either as contract (5-years, renewable twice) or career (2019)"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1143,7 +1142,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
|
||||
"refugees (country of origin)": {
|
||||
"text": "74,836 (Democratic Republic of the Congo), 47,669 (Burundi) (2021)"
|
||||
"text": "77,252 (Democratic Republic of the Congo), 47,669 (Burundi) (2021)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
}
|
||||
}
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -97,15 +97,15 @@
|
|||
"Irrigated land": {
|
||||
"text": "16,700 sq km (2012)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major rivers (by length in km)": {
|
||||
"text": "Orange (shared with Lesotho [s], and Namibia [m]) - 2,092 km; Limpopo river source (shared with Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique [m]) - 1,800 km; Vaal [s] - 1,210 km<br><strong>note</strong> – <strong>[s]</strong> after country name indicates river source; <strong>[m]</strong> after country name indicates river mouth"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major watersheds (area sq km)": {
|
||||
"text": "Atlantic Ocean drainage: Orange (941,351 sq km)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major aquifers": {
|
||||
"text": "Karoo Basin, Lower Kalahari-Stampriet Basin"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major rivers (by length in km)": {
|
||||
"text": "Orange (shared with Lesotho [s], and Namibia [m]) - 2,092 km; Limpopo river source (shared with Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique [m]) - 1,800 km; Vaal [s] - 1,210 km<br><strong>note</strong> – <strong>[s]</strong> after country name indicates river source; <strong>[m]</strong> after country name indicates river mouth"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Population distribution": {
|
||||
"text": "the population concentrated along the southern and southeastern coast, and inland around Pretoria; the eastern half of the country is more densly populated than the west as shown in this population distribution map"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -353,13 +353,13 @@
|
|||
"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"total population": {
|
||||
"text": "87%"
|
||||
"text": "95%"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "87.7%"
|
||||
"text": "95.5%"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "86.5% (2017)"
|
||||
"text": "94.5% (2019)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -1212,7 +1212,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Illicit drugs": {
|
||||
"text": "transshipment center for heroin, hashish, and cocaine, as well as a major cultivator of marijuana in its own right; cocaine and heroin consumption on the rise; world's largest market for illicit methaqualone, usually imported illegally from India through various east African countries, but increasingly producing its own synthetic drugs for domestic consumption; attractive venue for money launderers given the increasing level of organized criminal and narcotics activity in the region and the size of the South African economy"
|
||||
"text": "leading regional importer of chemicals used in the production of illicit drugs especially synthetic drugs"
|
||||
}
|
||||
}
|
||||
}
|
||||
|
|
@ -96,15 +96,15 @@
|
|||
"Irrigated land": {
|
||||
"text": "1,200 sq km (2012)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major rivers (by length in km)": {
|
||||
"text": "Senegal (shared with Mauritania and Mali) - 1,641 km; Gambia (shared with Guinea and The Gambia) - 1,094 km"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major watersheds (area sq km)": {
|
||||
"text": "Atlantic Ocean drainage: Senegal (456,397 sq km)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major aquifers": {
|
||||
"text": "Senegalo-Mauritanian Basin"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major rivers (by length in km)": {
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"text": "Senegal (shared with Mauritania and Mali) - 1,641 km; Gambia (shared with Guinea and The Gambia) - 1,094 km"
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},
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"Population distribution": {
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"text": "the population is concentrated in the west, with Dakar anchoring a well-defined core area; approximately 70% of the population is rural as shown in this population distribution map"
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},
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}
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||||
},
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"Illicit drugs": {
|
||||
"text": "transshipment point for Southwest and Southeast Asian heroin and South American cocaine moving to Europe and North America; illicit cultivator of cannabis"
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"text": "<p>major transit point on the cocaine route from South America to Europe; the third-largest cannabis-producing country in West Africa</p>"
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}
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}
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}
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},
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||||
"Telecommunication systems": {
|
||||
"general assessment": {
|
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"text": "<p>the public telecom system was almost completely destroyed during years of civil war; private companies offer limited local fixed-line and wireless service in most major cities; early 2020 landing of DARE 1 submarine cables in Mogadishu and Bossaso eased dependence on expensive satellite dependency for Internet access; in 2019, Al Shabaab Islamic militant group forced closure of Internet services in some parts of the country; new telecom regulatory sector in place (2020)</p> (2020)"
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"text": "the public telecom system was almost completely destroyed during years of civil war; private companies offer limited local fixed-line and wireless service in most major cities; early 2020 landing of DARE 1 submarine cables in Mogadishu and Bossaso eased dependence on expensive satellite dependency for Internet access; in 2019, Al Shabaab Islamic militant group forced closure of Internet services in some parts of the country; new telecom regulatory sector in place (2020)"
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},
|
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"domestic": {
|
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"text": "seven networks compete for customers in the mobile sector; some of these mobile-service providers offer fixed-lines and Internet services; fixed-line less than 1 per 100 and mobile-cellular 49 per 100 (2019)"
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"Irrigated land": {
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"text": "18,900 sq km (2012)"
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},
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"Major rivers (by length in km)": {
|
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"text": "<p>Nile (shared with Rwanda [s], Tanzania, Uganda, South Sudan, and Egypt [m]) - 6,650 km; Blue Nile (shared with Ethiopia [s]) - 1,600 km<br><strong>note</strong> – <strong>[s]</strong> after country name indicates river source; <strong>[m]</strong> after country name indicates river mouth</p>"
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},
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||||
"Major watersheds (area sq km)": {
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"text": "Atlantic Ocean drainage: <em>(Mediterranean Sea)</em> Nile (3,254,853 sq km)<br>Internal <em>(endorheic basin) </em>drainage: Lake Chad (2,497,738 sq km)"
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},
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||||
"Major aquifers": {
|
||||
"text": "Nubian Aquifer System, Sudd Basin (Umm Ruwaba Aquifer)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major rivers (by length in km)": {
|
||||
"text": "<p>Nile (shared with Rwanda [s], Tanzania, Uganda, South Sudan, and Egypt [m]) - 6,650 km; Blue Nile (shared with Ethiopia [s]) - 1,600 km<br><strong>note</strong> – <strong>[s]</strong> after country name indicates river source; <strong>[m]</strong> after country name indicates river mouth</p>"
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},
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"Population distribution": {
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"text": "with the exception of a ribbon of settlement that corresponds to the banks of the Nile, northern Sudan, which extends into the dry Sahara, is sparsely populated; more abundant vegetation and broader access to water increases population distribution in the south extending habitable range along nearly the entire border with South Sudan; sizeable areas of population are found around Khartoum, southeast between the Blue and White Nile Rivers, and througout South Darfur as shown on this population distribution map"
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},
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},
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||||
"Telecommunication systems": {
|
||||
"general assessment": {
|
||||
"text": "<p>well-equipped system by regional standards with ongoing upgrades; despite economic challenges, government continues to boost mobile infrastructure through build-out of fiber-broadband network across country; economic climate has not encouraged client growth in telecom, but some investment has been made to build mobile towers and expand LTE services; growth of e-money services; 2020 launch of Chinese-based satellite to develop space technology sector; interim constitution safeguards rights and freedoms, though some Internet users continue to face harassment for activities; importer of broadcasting equipment from UAE and China (2021)</p> (2020)"
|
||||
"text": "well-equipped system by regional standards with ongoing upgrades; despite economic challenges, government continues to boost mobile infrastructure through build-out of fiber-broadband network across country; economic climate has not encouraged client growth in telecom, but some investment has been made to build mobile towers and expand LTE services; growth of e-money services; 2020 launch of Chinese-based satellite to develop space technology sector; interim constitution safeguards rights and freedoms, though some Internet users continue to face harassment for activities; importer of broadcasting equipment from UAE and China (2020)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"domestic": {
|
||||
"text": "consists of microwave radio relay, cable, fiber optic, radiotelephone communications, tropospheric scatter, and a domestic satellite system with 14 earth stations; teledensity fixed-line less than 1 per 100 and mobile-cellular 77 telephones per 100 persons (2019)"
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@ -347,13 +347,13 @@
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"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
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||||
},
|
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"total population": {
|
||||
"text": "63.7%"
|
||||
"text": "66.5%"
|
||||
},
|
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"male": {
|
||||
"text": "77.3%"
|
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"text": "80%"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "51.2% (2015)"
|
||||
"text": "55.1% (2019)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": {
|
||||
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|
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@ -91,9 +91,6 @@
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"Irrigated land": {
|
||||
"text": "1,840 sq km (2012)"
|
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},
|
||||
"Major watersheds (area sq km)": {
|
||||
"text": "Atlantic Ocean drainage: Congo (3,730,881 sq km), <em>(Mediterranean Sea)</em> Nile (3,254,853 sq km)<br>Indian Ocean drainage: Zambezi (1,332,412 sq km)"
|
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},
|
||||
"Major lakes (area sq km)": {
|
||||
"Fresh water lake(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "Lake Victoria (shared with Uganda and Kenya) - 62,940 sq km; Lake Tanganyika (shared with Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, and Zambia) - 32,000 sq km; Lake Malawi (shared with Mozambique and Malawi) - 22,490"
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@ -105,6 +102,9 @@
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|||
"Major rivers (by length in km)": {
|
||||
"text": "Nile (shared with Rwanda [s], Uganda, South Sudan, Sudan, and Egypt [m]) - 6,650 km<br><strong>note</strong> – <strong>[s]</strong> after country name indicates river source; <strong>[m]</strong> after country name indicates river mouth"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major watersheds (area sq km)": {
|
||||
"text": "Atlantic Ocean drainage: Congo (3,730,881 sq km), <em>(Mediterranean Sea)</em> Nile (3,254,853 sq km)<br>Indian Ocean drainage: Zambezi (1,332,412 sq km)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Population distribution": {
|
||||
"text": "the largest and most populous East African country; population distribution is extremely uneven, but greater population clusters occur in the northern half of country and along the east coast as shown in this population distribution map"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -1024,7 +1024,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Telecommunication systems": {
|
||||
"general assessment": {
|
||||
"text": "Tanzania’s telecom services are marginal and operating below capacity; one fixed-line operator with competition in mobile networks; high tariffs on telecom; mobile use is growing with popularity of 3G/LTE services; government allocated funds in 2019 to improve rural telecom infrastructure and work on national fiber backbone network connecting population around country (2020) (2020)"
|
||||
"text": "Tanzania’s telecom services are marginal and operating below capacity; one fixed-line operator with competition in mobile networks; high tariffs on telecom; mobile use is growing with popularity of 3G/LTE services; government allocated funds in 2019 to improve rural telecom infrastructure and work on national fiber backbone network connecting population around country (2020)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"domestic": {
|
||||
"text": "fixed-line telephone network inadequate with less than 1 connection per 100 persons; mobile-cellular service, aided by multiple providers, is increasing rapidly and exceeds 82 telephones per 100 persons; trunk service provided by open-wire, microwave radio relay, tropospheric scatter, and fiber-optic cable; some links being made digital (2019)"
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||||
|
|
@ -1207,7 +1207,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
|
||||
"refugees (country of origin)": {
|
||||
"text": "126,534 (Burundi), 79,002 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (2021)"
|
||||
"text": "126,534 (Burundi), 78,676 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (2021)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Trafficking in persons": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -1219,7 +1219,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Illicit drugs": {
|
||||
"text": "targeted by traffickers moving hashish, Afghan heroin, and South American cocaine transported down the East African coastline, through airports, or overland through Central Africa; Zanzibar likely used by traffickers for drug smuggling; traffickers in the past have recruited Tanzanian couriers to move drugs through Iran into East Asia"
|
||||
"text": "<p>significant transit country for illicit drugs in East Africa; international drug trafficking organizations and courier networks transit through Tanzania to smuggle heroin from Southwest Asia; produces cannabis products and khat for domestic consumption and regional and international distribution; traffickers influence politicians, law enforcement, and others in positions of power with money</p>"
|
||||
}
|
||||
}
|
||||
}
|
||||
|
|
@ -82,9 +82,6 @@
|
|||
"Irrigated land": {
|
||||
"text": "140 sq km (2012)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major watersheds (area sq km)": {
|
||||
"text": "Atlantic Ocean drainage: Congo (3,730,881 sq km), <em>(Mediterranean Sea)</em> Nile (3,254,853 sq km)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major lakes (area sq km)": {
|
||||
"Fresh water lake(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "Lake Victoria (shared with Tanzania and Kenya) - 62,940 sq km; Lake Albert (shared with Democratic Republic of Congo) - 5,590 sq km; Lake Kyoga - 4,430 sq km; Lake Edward (shared with Democratic Republic of Congo) - 2,150 sq km"
|
||||
|
|
@ -93,6 +90,9 @@
|
|||
"Major rivers (by length in km)": {
|
||||
"text": "<p>Nile (shared with Rwanda [s], Tanzania, South Sudan, Sudan, and Egypt [m]) - 6,650 km<br><strong>note</strong> – <strong>[s]</strong> after country name indicates river source; <strong>[m]</strong> after country name indicates river mouth</p>"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major watersheds (area sq km)": {
|
||||
"text": "Atlantic Ocean drainage: Congo (3,730,881 sq km), <em>(Mediterranean Sea)</em> Nile (3,254,853 sq km)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Population distribution": {
|
||||
"text": "population density is relatively high in comparison to other African nations; most of the population is concentrated in the central and southern parts of the country, particularly along the shores of Lake Victoria and Lake Albert; the northeast is least populated as shown in this population distribution map"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -1013,7 +1013,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Telecommunication systems": {
|
||||
"general assessment": {
|
||||
"text": "telecom infrastructure has developed through private partnerships; as of 2018, fixed-fiber backbone infrastructure is available in over half of Uganda’s districts; mobile phone companies now provide 4G networks across all major cities and national parks, while offering 3G coverage in small cities and most rural areas with road access; price of commercial Internet services dropped substantially in 2019; consumers rely on mobile infrastructure to provide voice and broadband services as fixed-line infrastructure is poor; 5G migration is developing slowly; government commissioned broadband satellite services for rural areas in 2019 (2020) (2020)"
|
||||
"text": "telecom infrastructure has developed through private partnerships; as of 2018, fixed-fiber backbone infrastructure is available in over half of Uganda’s districts; mobile phone companies now provide 4G networks across all major cities and national parks, while offering 3G coverage in small cities and most rural areas with road access; price of commercial Internet services dropped substantially in 2019; consumers rely on mobile infrastructure to provide voice and broadband services as fixed-line infrastructure is poor; 5G migration is developing slowly; government commissioned broadband satellite services for rural areas in 2019 (2020)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"domestic": {
|
||||
"text": "fixed-line 1 per 100 and mobile- cellular systems teledensity about 57 per 100 persons; intercity traffic by wire, microwave radio relay, and radiotelephone communication stations (2019)"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1182,7 +1182,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
|
||||
"refugees (country of origin)": {
|
||||
"text": "933,089 (South Sudan) (refugees and asylum seekers), 432,390 (Democratic Republic of the Congo), 51,410 (Burundi), 48,797 (Somalia) (refugees and asylum seekers), 22,005 (Rwanda), 18,436 (Eritrea) (2021)"
|
||||
"text": "943,991 (South Sudan) (refugees and asylum seekers), 432,390 (Democratic Republic of the Congo), 51,410 (Burundi), 50,290 (Somalia) (refugees and asylum seekers), 22,005 (Rwanda), 18,436 (Eritrea) (2021)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Trafficking in persons": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -85,12 +85,12 @@
|
|||
"Irrigated land": {
|
||||
"text": "550 sq km (2016)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major watersheds (area sq km)": {
|
||||
"text": "Atlantic Ocean drainage: Niger (2,261,741 sq km), Volta (410,991 sq km)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major rivers (by length in km)": {
|
||||
"text": "Volta (shared with Ghana) - 1,600 km"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major watersheds (area sq km)": {
|
||||
"text": "Atlantic Ocean drainage: Niger (2,261,741 sq km), Volta (410,991 sq km)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Population distribution": {
|
||||
"text": " <p>Most of the population is located in the center and south. Nearly one-third of the population lives in cities. The capital and largest city is Ouagadougou (Ouaga), with a population of 1.8 million as shown in this population distribution map</p> (2019)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -991,23 +991,23 @@
|
|||
"Communications": {
|
||||
"Telephones - fixed lines": {
|
||||
"total subscriptions": {
|
||||
"text": "75,291"
|
||||
"text": "75,039 (2020)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
|
||||
"text": "less than 1 (2019 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "less than 1 (2020 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Telephones - mobile cellular": {
|
||||
"total subscriptions": {
|
||||
"text": "20,364,508"
|
||||
"text": "22,117,218 (2020)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
|
||||
"text": "100.39 (2019 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "105.8 (2020 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Telecommunication systems": {
|
||||
"general assessment": {
|
||||
"text": "<p>Burkina Faso’s telecom services are some of the most expensive in the world, hindered by regulatory procedures, insufficient mobile spectrum, poor fixed-line networks; mobile telephony but below African average; Internet is provided by mobile operators; Internet penetration is low and expensive, despite improved international bandwidth via fiber links through submarine cables to adjacent countries; increased telecom tax; government infrastructure project largely completed; parliament launched inquiry on mobile network infrastructure coverage, pricing of services, and quality of service; government began computer subsidy program for university students; government progressed with large project to provide metropolitan fiber-optic infrastructure (2021)</p> (2020)"
|
||||
"text": "Burkina Faso’s telecom services are some of the most expensive in the world, hindered by regulatory procedures, insufficient mobile spectrum, poor fixed-line networks; mobile telephony but below African average; Internet is provided by mobile operators; Internet penetration is low and expensive, despite improved international bandwidth via fiber links through submarine cables to adjacent countries; increased telecom tax; government infrastructure project largely completed; parliament launched inquiry on mobile network infrastructure coverage, pricing of services, and quality of service; government began computer subsidy program for university students; government progressed with large project to provide metropolitan fiber-optic infrastructure (2020)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"domestic": {
|
||||
"text": "fixed-line connections stand at less than 1 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular usage 100 per 100, with multiple providers there is competition and the hope for growth from a low base; Internet penetration is 11% countrywide, but higher in urban areas (2019)"
|
||||
|
|
@ -1033,10 +1033,10 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Broadband - fixed subscriptions": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "12,015"
|
||||
"text": "13,979 (2020)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
|
||||
"text": "less than 1 (2018 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "less than 1 (2020 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -334,7 +334,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "88.3%"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "88.5% (2015)"
|
||||
"text": "88.5% (2018)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": {
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -85,12 +85,6 @@
|
|||
"Irrigated land": {
|
||||
"text": "1,560 sq km (2012)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major watersheds (area sq km)": {
|
||||
"text": "Atlantic Ocean drainage: Congo (3,730,881 sq km)<br>Indian Ocean drainage: Zambezi (1,332,412 sq km)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major aquifers": {
|
||||
"text": "Upper Kalahari-Cuvelai-Upper Zambezi Basin"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major lakes (area sq km)": {
|
||||
"Fresh water lake(s)": {
|
||||
"text": "Lake Tanganyika (shared with Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, and Burundi) - 32,000 sq km; Lake Mweru (shared with Democratic Republic of Congo) - 4,350 sq km; Lake Bangweulu - 4,000-15,000 sq km seasonal variation"
|
||||
|
|
@ -99,6 +93,12 @@
|
|||
"Major rivers (by length in km)": {
|
||||
"text": "<p>Zambezi river source (shared with Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique [m]) - 2,740 km<br><strong>note</strong> – <strong>[s]</strong> after country name indicates river source; <strong>[m]</strong> after country name indicates river mouth</p>"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major watersheds (area sq km)": {
|
||||
"text": "Atlantic Ocean drainage: Congo (3,730,881 sq km)<br>Indian Ocean drainage: Zambezi (1,332,412 sq km)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major aquifers": {
|
||||
"text": "Upper Kalahari-Cuvelai-Upper Zambezi Basin"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Population distribution": {
|
||||
"text": "one of the highest levels of urbanization in Africa; high density in the central area, particularly around the cities of Lusaka, Ndola, Kitwe, and Mufulira as shown in this population distribution map"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -85,15 +85,15 @@
|
|||
"Irrigated land": {
|
||||
"text": "1,740 sq km (2012)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major rivers (by length in km)": {
|
||||
"text": "<p>Zambezi (shared with Zambia [s]), Angola, Namibia, Botswana, and Mozambique [m]) - 2,740 km; Limpopo (shared with South Africa [s], Botswana, and Mozambique [m]) - 1,800 km<br><strong>note</strong> – <strong>[s]</strong> after country name indicates river source; <strong>[m]</strong> after country name indicates river mouth</p>"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major watersheds (area sq km)": {
|
||||
"text": "Indian Ocean drainage: Zambezi (1,332,412 sq km)<br>Internal <em>(endorheic basin) </em>drainage: Okavango Basin (863,866 sq km)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major aquifers": {
|
||||
"text": "Upper Kalahari-Cuvelai-Upper Zambezi Basin"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Major rivers (by length in km)": {
|
||||
"text": "<p>Zambezi (shared with Zambia [s]), Angola, Namibia, Botswana, and Mozambique [m]) - 2,740 km; Limpopo (shared with South Africa [s], Botswana, and Mozambique [m]) - 1,800 km<br><strong>note</strong> – <strong>[s]</strong> after country name indicates river source; <strong>[m]</strong> after country name indicates river mouth</p>"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Population distribution": {
|
||||
"text": "Aside from major urban agglomerations in Harare and Bulawayo, population distribution is fairly even, with slightly greater overall numbers in the eastern half as shown in this population distribution map"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -1166,7 +1166,7 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Illicit drugs": {
|
||||
"text": "transit point for cannabis and South Asian heroin, mandrax, and methamphetamines en route to South Africa"
|
||||
"text": "<p>transit point for cannabis and South Asian heroin, methaqualone, and methamphetamines en route to South Africa</p>"
|
||||
}
|
||||
}
|
||||
}
|
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