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- @node Geography (Monaco)
- @section Geography (Monaco)
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- @display
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- Location:
- Western Europe, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, in southern France near the
- border with Italy
- Map references:
- Europe, Standard Time Zones of the World
- Area: total area:
- 1.9 km2
- land area:
- 1.9 km2
- comparative area:
- about three times the size of the Mall in Washington, DC
- Land boundaries:
- total 4.4 km, France 4.4 km
- Coastline:
- 4.1 km
- Maritime claims:
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
- International disputes:
- none
- Climate:
- Mediterranean with mild, wet winters and hot, dry summers
- Terrain:
- hilly, rugged, rocky
- Natural resources:
- none
- Land use:
- arable land:
- 0%
- permanent crops:
- 0%
- meadows and pastures:
- 0%
- forest and woodland:
- 0%
- other:
- 100%
- Irrigated land:
- NA km2
- Environment:
- almost entirely urban
- Note:
- second smallest independent state in world (after Holy See)
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- @node People (Monaco)
- @section People (Monaco)
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- @display
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- Population:
- 31,008 (July 1993 est.)
- Population growth rate:
- 0.93% (1993 est.)
- Birth rate:
- 10.8 births/1,000 population (1993 est.)
- Death rate:
- 12.32 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.)
- Net migration rate:
- 10.77 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993 est.)
- Infant mortality rate:
- 7.3 deaths/1,000 live births (1993 est.)
- Life expectancy at birth: total population:
- 77.5 years
- male:
- 73.7 years
- female:
- 81.49 years (1993 est.)
- Total fertility rate:
- 1.7 children born/woman (1993 est.)
- Nationality:
- noun:
- Monacan(s) or Monegasque(s)
- adjective:
- Monacan or Monegasque
- Ethnic divisions:
- French 47%, Monegasque 16%, Italian 16%, other 21%
- Religions:
- Roman Catholic 95%
- Languages:
- French (official), English, Italian, Monegasque
- Literacy:
- total population:
- NA%
- male:
- NA%
- female:
- NA%
- Labor force:
- NA
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- @node Government (Monaco)
- @section Government (Monaco)
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- @display
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- Names:
- conventional long form:
- Principality of Monaco
- conventional short form:
- Monaco
- local long form:
- Principaute de Monaco
- local short form:
- Monaco
- Digraph:
- MN
- Type:
- constitutional monarchy
- Capital:
- Monaco
- Administrative divisions:
- 4 quarters (quartiers, singular - quartier); Fontvieille, La Condamine,
- Monaco-Ville, Monte-Carlo
- Independence:
- 1419 (rule by the House of Grimaldi)
- Constitution:
- 17 December 1962
- Legal system: based on French law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
- National holiday:
- National Day, 19 November
- Political parties and leaders:
- National and Democratic Union (UND); Democratic Union Movement (MUD); Monaco
- Action; Monegasque Socialist Party (PSM)
- Suffrage:
- 25 years of age; universal
- Elections:
- National Council:
- last held on 24 January 1988 (next to be held 24 January 1993); results -
- percent of vote by party NA; seats - (18 total) UND 18
- Executive branch:
- prince, minister of state, Council of Government (cabinet)
- Legislative branch:
- unicameral National Council (Conseil National)
- Judicial branch:
- Supreme Tribunal (Tribunal Supreme)
- Leaders:
- Chief of State:
- Prince RAINIER III (since NA November 1949); Heir Apparent Prince ALBERT
- Alexandre Louis Pierre (born 14 March 1958)
- Head of Government:
- Minister of State Jacques DUPONT (since NA)
- Member of:
- ACCT, CSCE, IAEA, ICAO, IMF (observer), IMO, INMARSAT, INTELSAT, INTERPOL,
- IOC, ITU, LORCS, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WIPO
- Diplomatic representation in US:
- honorary consulates general:
- Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York, San Francisco, San Juan
- (Puerto Rico)
- honorary consulates:
- Dallas, Honolulu, Palm Beach, Philadelphia, and Washington
- US diplomatic representation:
- no mission in Monaco, but the US Consul General in Marseille, France, is
- accredited to Monaco
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- @node Government (Monaco 2. usage)
- @section Government (Monaco 2. usage)
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- @display
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- Flag:
- two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and white; similar to the flag of
- Indonesia which is longer and the flag of Poland which is white (top) and
- red
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- @node Economy (Monaco)
- @section Economy (Monaco)
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- @display
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- Overview:
- Monaco, situated on the French Mediterranean coast, is a popular resort,
- attracting tourists to its casino and pleasant climate. The Principality has
- successfully sought to diversify into services and small, high-value-added,
- nonpolluting industries. The state has no income tax and low business taxes
- and thrives as a tax haven both for individuals who have established
- residence and for foreign companies that have set up businesses and offices.
- About 50% of Monaco's annual revenue comes from value-added taxes on hotels,
- banks, and the industrial sector; about 25% of revenue comes from tourism.
- Living standards are high, that is, roughly comparable to those in
- prosperous French metropolitan suburbs.
- National product:
- GDP - exchange rate conversion - $475 million (1991 est.)
- National product real growth rate:
- NA%
- National product per capita:
- $16,000 (1991 est.)
- Inflation rate (consumer prices):
- NA%
- Unemployment rate:
- NEGL%
- Budget:
- revenues $424 million; expenditures $376 million, including capital
- expenditures of $NA (1991)
- Exports:
- $NA; full customs integration with France, which collects and rebates
- Monacan trade duties; also participates in EC market system through customs
- union with France
- Imports:
- $NA; full customs integration with France, which collects and rebates
- Monacan trade duties; also participates in EC market system through customs
- union with France
- External debt:
- $NA
- Industrial production:
- growth rate NA%
- Electricity:
- 10,000 kW standby capacity (1992); power imported from France
- Agriculture:
- NA
- Economic aid:
- NA
- Currency:
- 1 French franc (F) = 100 centimes
- Exchange rates:
- French francs (F) per US$1 - 5.4812 (January 1993), 5.2938 (1992), 5.6421
- (1991), 5.4453 (1990), 6.3801 (1989), 5.9569 (1988)
- Fiscal year:
- calendar year
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- @node Communications (Monaco)
- @section Communications (Monaco)
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- @display
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- Railroads:
- 1.6 km 1.435-meter gauge
- Highways:
- none; city streets
- Ports:
- Monaco
- Merchant marine:
- 1 oil tanker (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,268 GRT/4,959 DWT
- Airports:
- 1 usable airfield with permanent-surface runways
- Telecommunications:
- served by cable into the French communications system; automatic telephone
- system; 38,200 telephones; broadcast stations - 3 AM, 4 FM, 5 TV; no
- communication satellite earth stations
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- @node Defense Forces (Monaco)
- @section Defense Forces (Monaco)
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- @display
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- Note:
- defense is the responsibility of France
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