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Country Profile

Physical Geography

1. Official Name of Country: United Mexican States
   
2. Climate: varies from tropical to desert
   
3. Map:
   

 

1. Absolute Location: 23 degree North, 120 degree West
   
2. Relative location: bordering Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico and North Pacific Ocean. Bordering United State, Belize and Guatemala.
   

Political Geography

1. Type of government: federal republic
   
2. Capital: Brazil
   
3. International Organization participation: APEC, BCIE, BIS, CAN (observer), Caricom (observer), CDB, CE (observer), CSN (observer), EBRD, FAO, G-20, G-3, G-15, G-24, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, LAES, LAIA, MIGA, NAFTA, NAM (observer), NEA, OAS, OECD, OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, RG, SICA (observer), UN, UNASUR (observer), UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNWTO, UPU, WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
   
4. Size of armed forces:
   

Cultural Geography

1. Official language: Portuguese
   
2. Other languages spoken: Spanish, German, Italian, Japanese, English and indigenous language
   
3. Ethnic composition: mestizo (Amerindian-Spanish) 60%, Amerindian or predominantly Amerindian 30%, white 9%, other 1%
   
4. Major religions: Catholic
   
5. Population: 111,211,789 (July 2009 est.)
   
6. Population growth rate: 1.13% (2009 est.)
   
7. Population distribution:
   

0-14 years: 29.1% (male 16,544,223/female 15,861,141)

15-64 years: 64.6% (male 34,734,571/female 37,129,793)

65 years and over: 6.2% (male 3,130,518/female 3,811,543) (2009 est.)

1. Major cities: Brasilia
   
2. Infant mortality rate: 18.42 deaths/1,000 live births
   
3. Average life expectancy:
   

male: 73.25 years

female: 79 years (2009 est.)

1. Teachers and doctors per population:
   

Economic Geography

1. GNP (Gross National Product):
   
2. GDP (Gross Domestic Product): $14,200 (2008 est.) US dollar
   
3. Percent of arable land used for agriculture: 12.66%
   
4. Natural resources: petroleum, silver, copper, gold, lead, zinc, natural gas, timber
   
5. Major agricultural products: corn, wheat, soybeans, rice, beans, cotton, coffee, fruit, tomatoes; beef, poultry, dairy products; wood products
   
6. Industrial products: food and beverages, tobacco, chemicals, iron and steel, petroleum, mining, textiles, clothing, motor vehicles, consumer durables, tourism
   
7. Major exports: manufactured goods, oil and oil products, silver, fruits, vegetables, coffee, cotton
   
8. Major imports: metalworking machines, steel mill products, agricultural machinery, electrical equipment, car parts for assembly, repair parts for motor vehicles, aircraft, and aircraft parts
   
9. Currency (include exchange rate vs. TWD): Mexican pesos (MXN) per US dollar - 11.016
   
10. Balance of trade (include amounts in TWD currency of total exports and imports)
    
11. Historical events:
    

1980			Mexican economy slumps after oil revenues fail to meet expectations.  U.S. bails Mexico out by buying surplus oil at high prices
1982	Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado elected president
1985			Earthquake in Mexico City kills as many as 30,000 people
1988	Carlos Salinas de Gortari elected President.  Opposition parties to PRI form in large amounts		Economy gets big stimulus from Salinas. U.S. oil companies allowed to look for oil in Mexico for the first time since 1938
1990		Ocatvio Paz becomes first Mexican to win the Noble Prize	President Salinas leads efforts to establish free trade between Central American Countries
1994	PRI presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio Murrieta is assassinated while campaigning Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León replaces Murrieta and is elected president		Salinas is instrumental in the creation of NAFTA (the North American Free Trade Act) Peso value declines considerably
Jan. 1994	Zapatista rebellion in southern Mexico generates movements for political reform
1995	Zedillo disbands entire Supreme Court and installs a new court which rules against him in most cases		Mexico receives an emergency loan from the World Bank to prevent to collapse of the peso
1996	Zapatista rebellion continues
1997	Jesús Gutiérrez Rebollo, head of Mexico's National Institute to Combat Drugs is arrested for safeguarding an important drug lord, indicating drug corruption high in the government
1999	PRI losses majority control of the House of Deputies for the first time PRI holds its first primary elections in Mexican history
2000	Vicente Fox of the National Action Party is elected President, the first president not from the PRI since 1929

 

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Country Profile

Physical Geography

1. Republic of Namibia
   
2. Climate: arid and semi-arid to subtropical, desert
   
3. Map
   
   1. 22 00 S, 17 00 E
      
   2. In South Africa. West: Atlantic Ocean, North: Angola, Zambia. East: Botswana, Zimbabwe. South& East: South Africa. (World's 34^th largest country, after Venezuela)
      

Political Geography

1. Type of government: Republic
   
2. Major political parties: Congress of Democrats or COD; Democratic Turnhalle Alliance of Namibia or DTA; Monitor Action Group or MAG; South West Africa People's Organization or SWAPO; United Democratic Front or UDF
   
3. Capital: Windhoek
   
4. International Organization participation: ACP, AfDB, AU, C, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICFTU, ICRM, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), ISO (correspondent), ITU, NAM, OPCW, SACU, SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMEE, UNMIL, UPU, WCL, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO
   

Cultural Geography

1. Official language: English (but only used by about 7% of the population). Other languages spoken: German, Afrikaans, Oshiwambo.
   
2. - Population: 1,954,033
   

   - Population growth rate:
   1.25%
   

3. Major(large) cities: Swakopmund, Walvisbay, Luderitz, Mariental, Keetmanshoop, Otjiwarongo
   
4. Infant mortality rate: 69.58 deaths/1,000 live births, Average life expectancy: 40.53 years
   
5. Christian 80% to 90% (Lutheran 50% at least), indigenous beliefs 10% to 20%
   

Economic Geography

1. GDP: $13.72 billion
   
2. Percent of arable land used for agriculture:
   
3. Natural resources: diamonds, copper, uranium, gold, lead, tin, lithium, cadmium, zinc, salt, vanadium, natural gas, hydropower, fish
   
4. Currency: Namibian dollar (NAD); South African rand (ZAR) <Namibian dollars per US dollar - 7.56>
   
5. Balance of trade (include amounts in TWD currency of total exports and imports)
   
6. Historical events:
   

1988 - South Africa agrees to Namibian independence in exchange for removal of Cuban troops from Angola.

1989 - UN-supervised elections for a Namibian Constituent Assembly. Swapo wins.

Independence!!!

1990 March - Namibia becomes independent, with Sam Nujoma as first president.

1994 - South African exclave of Walvis Bay turned over to Namibia.

1994 - Nujoma and Swapo re-elected.

1998 - Hundreds of residents of the Caprivi Strip flee to Botswana, alleging persecution by the Namibian goverment.

1998 August - Namibia, Angola and Zimbabwe send troops to the Democratic Republic of Congo to support President Laurent Kabila against rebels.

1999 August - Emergency declared in Caprivi Strip following series of attacks by separatists.

1999 December - Nujoma wins third presidential term.

2004 May - Road bridge across Zambezi river between Namibia, Zambia opens amid hopes for boost to regional trade.

2004 November - Hifikepunye Pohamba, President Nujoma's nominee, wins presidential elections. He is inaugurated in March 2005.

2006 June - National anti-polio vaccination campaign is launched following the death of at least 12 people from the disease.

2007 February - Chinese President Hu Jintao visits, signs aid and economic co-operation agreements.

(from TIME LINE: NAMIBIA http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/1469048.stm)

 

INFORMATION FROM:

CIA world factbook http://www.umsl.edu/services/govdocs/wofact2004/geos/wa.html

Encyclopedia of the Nations

http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Africa/Namibia.html

BBC news

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/1469048.stm

Republic of Namibia

http://209.88.21.55/opencms/opencms/grnnet/AboutNamibia/

Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namibia#Culture

 

 

Country Profile- Annie Chang

Country Profile by Annie Chang

Physical Geography

Official name of country: Republic of Uzbekistan

Climate: mostly midlatitude desert, long, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid grassland in east.

Absolute location: 41 00 N, 64 00 E

Relative location: Central Asia, north of Afghanistan

Political Geography

Type of government: republic

Major political parties: Adolat Social Democratic Party, Democratic National Rebirth Party, liberal Democratic Party of Uzbekistan

Capital: Tashkent (Toshkent)

International Organization participation: ADB, CIS, CSTO, EAEC, EAPC, EBRD, ECO, FAO, GCTU, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt (signatory), ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, ISO, ITSO, ITU, MIGA, NAM, OIC, OPCW, OSCE, PFP, SCO, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)

Size of armed forces: males age 16-49/6,340,446; females age 16-49/ 6,559,769 (2009est.)

Cultural Geography

Official language: Uzbek

Other languages spoken: Russian, Tajik, and others

Ethnic composition: Uzbek 80%, Russian 5.5%; Kazakh 3%, Karakalpak 2.5%, Tartar 1.5%, Other 2.5% (1996 est.)

Major religions: Muslim 88% (mostly Sunnis), Eastern Orthodox 9%, other 3%

Population: 27,606,007 (2009 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.935% (2009 est.)

Major cities: Tashkent, Qarshi, Navoly, Buxoro

Infant mortality rate: 23.43 deaths/ 1,000 live births

Average life expectancy: total- 71.96 years, male- 68.95 years, female- 75.15 years (2009 est.)

Economic Geography

GDP (Gross Domestic Product): $ 71.63 billion (2008 est.)

Percent of arable land used for agriculture: 10.51%

Natural resources: Natural gas, petroleum, coal, gold, uranium, silver, copper, lead and zinc, tungsten, molybdenum

Major agriculture and industrial products: cotton, vegetables, fruits, grain, livestock; textiles, food processing, machine building, metallurgy, gold, petroleum, natural gas, chemicals

Major exports and imports: cotton, gold, energy products, food products, automobiles; machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, chemicals

Currency: Uzbekistani soum (UZS) per US dollar: 1,317 (2008 est.)

Balance of trade: export- $10.37 billion, import-$7.07 billion, total- +$3.3 billion

History:

1944 - Some 160,000 Meskhetian Turks deported from Georgia to Uzbekistan by Joseph Stalin.

1990 - Communist Party of Uzbekistan declares economic and political sovereignty. Islam Karimov becomes president

1994 - Uzbekistan signs an economic integration treaty with Russia, and an economic, military and social cooperation treaty with Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.

1996 - Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan agree to create a single economic market.

1999 - Bombs in Tashkent kill more than a dozen people. President blames "fanatics" from the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU).

2001 June - Some 70 people are jailed for terrorism following cross-border incursions in the south by Islamic militants in 2000.

2003 May - Tashkent hosts annual meeting of European Bank for Reconstruction and Development which expresses disappointment at President Karimov's failure to condemn torture.

2004 April - European Bank for Reconstruction and Development says it is to slash aid because of Uzbekistan's poor record on economic reform and human rights.

2004 December - Parliamentary elections: Opposition parties are barred from taking part.

2009 Feburary - Court sentences five contributors to an Islamic religious newspaper to jail on charges of inciting religious extremism. Paper closed in 2008 on suspicion of involvement with Turkish Islamic Nurcular movement.

Sources: The CIA World Factbook, BBC news

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Eric Hung – Country Profile

Country Profile by Eric

Physical Geography

Official Name of Country: Republic of Korea

Climate: Temperate

Absolute Location: 37 00 N, 127 30 E

Relative Location: Eastern Asia, southern half of the Korean Peninsula bordering the Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea

Political Geography

Type of Government: Republic

Major Political Parties: Democratic Party, Grand National Party, Liberty Forward Party and Renewal Korea Party

Capital: Seoul

International Organism Participation: ADB, APEC, APT, ARF, Australia Group, BIS, CP, EAS, EBRD, FAO, G-20, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, LAIA, MIGA, NEA, NSG, , OECD, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNMIL, UNMIS, UNMOGIP, UNOMIG, UNWTO, UPU, WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC

Cultural Geography

Official language: Korean

Other Languages Spoken: English

Ethnic Composition: Homogeneous

Major Religions: Christian 26.3%, Buddhist 23.2%

Population: 48,508,972

Population Growth Rate: 0.266%

Major Cites: Busan, Incheon, Daegu and Daejeon

Infant Mortality Rate: 4.26 deaths/1,000 live birth

Average Life Expectancy: 78.72 years

Economic Geography

GDP: 857.5 billion

Major Export and Imports: -Export: semiconductors, wireless telecommunications equipment, computers, steel and ships –Import: machinery, electronics, oil, steel, organic chemicals, plastics

Balance of Trade: +6.1 billion

Historical Events:

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