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Western Sahara



Located in northern Africa on the Atlantic Ocean, Western Sahara is surrounded by Algeria to the east, Morocco to the north, and Mauritania to the south. About the size of Colorado, it is mostly low, flat desert with some small mountains in the south and northeast.

Airports: 11 (2006).

Natural resources: phosphates, iron ore. Exports: n.a.: phosphates 62%. Imports: n.a.: fuel for fishing fleet, foodstuffs. Major trading partners: Morocco claims and administers Western Sahara, so trade partners are included in overall Moroccan accounts.

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Brunei



About the size of Delaware, Brunei is an independent sultanate on the northwest coast of the island of Borneo in the South China Sea, wedged between the Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak.

National Name: Negara Brunei Darussalam

Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2005 est.): $9.531 billion; per capita $23,600.

Exports: $6.247 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.): crude oil, natural gas, refined products. Imports: $1.481 billion c.i.f. (2005 est.): machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, food, chemicals.

Airports: 2 (2004 est.).

Population (2007 est.): 386,511 (growth rate: 1.8%); birth rate: 18.6/1000; infant mortality rate: 11.9/1000; life expectancy: 75.2; density per sq mi: 190

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Djibouti



Djibouti lies in northeast Africa on the Gulf of Aden at the southern entrance to the Red Sea. It borders on Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Somalia. The country, the size of Massachusetts, is mainly a stony desert, with scattered plateaus and highlands.

National name: Jumhouriyya Djibouti

President: Ismail Omar Guelleh (1999)

Population (2007 est.): 496,374 (growth rate: 2.0%); birth rate: 39.1/1000; infant mortality rate: 100.8/1000; life expectancy: 43.3; density per sq mi: 58

Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2002 est.): $619 million; per capita $1,300.

Exports: $250 million f.o.b. (2004 est.): reexports, hides and skins, coffee (in transit). Imports: $987 million f.o.b. (2004 est.): foods, beverages, transport equipment, chemicals, petroleum products.

Airports: 13 (2006 est.).

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Finland



Finland is three times the size of Ohio. It is heavily forested and contains thousands of lakes, numerous rivers, and extensive areas of marshland. Except for a small highland region in the extreme northwest, the country is a lowland less than 600 ft (180 m) above sea level. Off the southwest coast are the Swedish-populated Åland Islands (581 sq mi; 1,505 sq km), which have had an autonomous status since 1921.

National name: Suomen Tasavalta,Republiken Finland

President: Tarja Halonen (2000)

Prime Minister: Matti Vanhanen (2003)

Exports: $84.72 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.): machinery and equipment, chemicals, metals; timber, paper, pulp (1999). Imports: $71.69 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.): foodstuffs, petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, transport equipment, iron and steel, machinery, textile yarn and fabrics, grains.

Airports: 148 (2006 est.).

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Haiti



Haiti, in the West Indies, occupies the western third of the island of Hispaniola, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. About the size of Maryland, Haiti is two-thirds mountainous, with the rest of the country marked by great valleys, extensive plateaus, and small plains.

National name: République d'Haïti

Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2005 est.): $12.85 billion; per capita $1,600.

Exports: $390.7 million f.o.b. (2005 est.): manufactures, coffee, oils, cocoa, mangoes. Imports: $1.471 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.): food, manufactured goods, machinery and transport equipment, fuels, raw materials.

Airports: 13 (2004 est.).

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Japan



An archipelago in the Pacific, Japan is separated from the east coast of Asia by the Sea of Japan. It is approximately the size of Montana. Japan's four main islands are Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku. The Ryukyu chain to the southwest was U.S.-occupied from 1945 to 1972, when it reverted to Japanese control, and the Kurils to the northeast are Russian-occupied.


Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2005 est.): $3.914 trillion; per capita $30,700.

Exports: $550.5 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.): transport equipment, motor vehicles, semiconductors, electrical machinery, chemicals. Imports: $451.1 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.): machinery and equipment, fuels, foodstuffs, chemicals, textiles, raw materials (2001).

Airports: 174 (2004 est.).

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Myanmar



Slightly smaller than Texas, Myanmar occupies the Thailand/Cambodia portion of the Indochinese peninsula. India lies to the northwest and China to the northeast. Bangladesh, Laos, and Thailand are also neighbors. The Bay of Bengal touches the southwest coast. The fertile delta of the Irrawaddy River in the south contains a network of intercommunicating canals and nine principal river mouths.

National name: Pyidaungsu Myanmar Naingngandau

Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2005 est.): $76.36 billion; per capita $1,600.

Internet users: 10,000 (2002).

Transportation: Railways: total: 3,955 km (2002). Highways: total: 28,200 km; paved: 3,440 km; unpaved: 24,760 km (1996 est.). Waterways: 12,800 km; 3,200 km navigable by large commercial vessels. Ports and harbors: Bassein, Bhamo, Chauk, Mandalay, Moulmein, Myitkyina, Rangoon, Akyab (Sittwe), Tavoy. Airports: 80 (2002).

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