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## `factbook.json` - World Factbook Country Profiles in JSON
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What's the World Factbook?
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The World Factbook [1][2] published by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
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offers free country profiles in the public domain (that is, no copyright(s), no rights reserved).
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- [1] [The World Factbook](https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/)
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- [2] [Wikipedia Article: The World Factbook](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Factbook)
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### Examples
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Austria (`at`) - `at.json`:
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```json
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{
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"intro": {
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"background": {
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"text": "Once the center of power for the large Austro-Hungarian Empire,
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Austria was reduced to a small republic after its defeat in World War ..."
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}
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},
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"geo": {
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"location": {
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"text": "Central Europe, north of Italy and Slovenia"
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},
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"geographic_coordinates": {
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"text": "47 20 N, 13 20 E"
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},
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"map_references": {
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"text": "Europe"
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},
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"area": {
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"total": "83,871 sq km",
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"land": "82,445 sq km",
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"water": "1,426 sq km"
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},
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"area_comparative": {
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"text": "slightly smaller than Maine"
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},
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"land_boundaries": {
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"total": "2,562 km",
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"border_countries": "Czech Republic 362 km, Germany 784 km, Hungary 366 km, Italy 430 km, Liechtenstein 35 km, Slovakia 91 km, Slovenia 330 km, Switzerland 164 km"
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},
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"coastline": {
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"text": "0 km (landlocked)"
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},
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"maritime_claims": {
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"text": "none (landlocked)"
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},
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"climate": {
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"text": "temperate; continental, cloudy; cold winters with frequent rain and some snow in lowlands and snow in mountains; moderate summers with occasional showers"
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},
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"terrain": {
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"text": "in the west and south mostly mountains (Alps); along the eastern and northern margins mostly flat or gently sloping"
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},
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"elevation_extremes": {
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"lowest_point": "Neusiedler See 115 m",
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"highest_point": "Grossglockner 3,798 m"
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},
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"natural_resources": {
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"text": "oil, coal, lignite, timber, iron ore, copper, zinc, antimony, magnesite, tungsten, graphite, salt, hydropower"
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},
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...
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```
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## Build Your Own Up-to-Date Country Profiles
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See the [`factbook`](https://github.com/worlddb/factbook.ruby)
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command line tool and scripts for details.
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## Questions? Comments?
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Send them along to the [Open World Database (world.db) and Friends Forum/Mailing List](http://groups.google.com/group/openmundi).
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Thanks!
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