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DJIBOUTI |
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Population:427,642 |
Capital: Djibouti |
Languages: Arabic, French, Afar, Somali |
Currency: Djibouti franc |
Per capita income: $1,200 US |
Unemployment: More than 30% |
Airports: 11 (1998 est.) |
Visas: Everyone except French nationals needs a visa. Valid for one month. Visitors also require evidence of a yellow fever vaccination.
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Health Risks: Bilharzia (in the freshwater lakes), HIV/AIDS |
Religion:94% Muslim, 6% Christian |
Government: Multi-party republic with legislature |
Size: 22,000 sq. km |
Literacy: 94%
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Per capita income: $1,260 US |
Literacy: 48%
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CUBA |
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Population:11,007,446 |
Capital: Havana |
Languages: Spanish |
Currency: Peso |
Tourists: In 1995, the government announced it wanted to double the 23,255 hotel rooms and increase tourism to 2.5 million visitors a year by 2000. There were 630,000 visitors in 1994. |
Visas:All visitors require a Cuban visa-one month. The USA prohibits its citizens from travelling to Cuba unless they obtain a license. |
Airports:170 (1998 est.) |
Health Risks: Drinking tap water |
Religion:At least 85% nominally Roman Catholic |
Ethnic groups: mulatto 51%, white 37%, black 11%, Chinese 1% |
Government: One politcal party, The Communist Party of Cuba |
Literacy: 94%
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MONGOLIA |
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Capital: Ulaanbaatar |
Size: 1,566,000 sq km (610,740 sq mi) |
Pop: 2.6 million |
Airports: 8 |
Currency: toegrooeg |
Health Risks: Brucellosis, cholera, meningococcal meningitis, bubonic plague |
Languages: Mongolian, Turkic, Russian, Chinese |
Religion: Tibetan Buddhism, Muslim, Shamanism |
Ethnic groups: Khalkh Mongols (86%), Kazaks (2%), Chinese (2%), Russian (2%), about a dozen other ethnic groups |
Telephones: 93,800 |
Electricity: 220V, 50Hz |
Literacy: 82.9% |
Radios: 376,000 |
TVs: 119,000 |
Internet Service Providers: 2 |
Visas: Entry and exit visas are required for all visitors.
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