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Paraguay



California-size Paraguay is surrounded by Brazil, Bolivia, and Argentina in south-central South America. Eastern Paraguay, between the Paraná and Paraguay rivers, is upland country with the thickest population settled on the grassy slope that inclines toward the Paraguay River. The greater part of the Chaco region to the west is covered with marshes, lagoons, dense forests, and jungles.

National name: República del Paraguay

Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2005 est.): $31.79 billion; per capita $4,900.

Exports: $3.13 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.): soybeans, feed, cotton, meat, edible oils, electricity, wood, leather. Imports: $3.832 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.): road vehicles, consumer goods, tobacco, petroleum products, electrical machinery.

Airports: 879 (2002).

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Romania



Romania is in southeast Europe and is slightly smaller than Oregon. The Carpathian Mountains divide Romania's upper half from north to south and connect near the center of the country with the Transylvanian Alps, running east and west. North and west of these ranges lies the Transylvanian plateau, and to the south and east are the plains of Moldavia and Walachia. In its last 190 mi (306 km), the Danube River flows through Romania only. It enters the Black Sea in northern Dobruja, just south of the border with Ukraine.

President: Traian Basescu (2007)

Prime Minister: Calin Popescu-Tariceanu (2004)

Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2005 est.): $186.7 billion; per capita $8,400.

Airports: 65 (2002).

Ethnicity/race: Romanian 89.5%, Hungarian 6.6%, Roma (Gyspy) 2.5%, Ukrainian 0.3%, German 0.3%, Russian 0.2%, Turkish 0.2%, other 0.4% (2002)

Languages: Romanian (official), Hungarian, German

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Uzbekistan



Uzbekistan is situated in central Asia between the Amu Darya and Syr Darya Rivers, the Aral Sea, and the slopes of the Tien Shan Mountains. It is bounded by Kazakhstan in the north and northwest, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan in the east and southeast, Turkmenistan in the southwest, and Afghanistan in the south. The republic also includes the Karakalpakstan Autonomous Republic, with its capital, Nukus (1992 est. pop., 182,000). The country is about one-tenth larger in area than the state of California.

National name: Ozbekiston Respublikasi

Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2005 est.): $55.75 billion; per capita $2,000.

Exports: $5.51 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.): cotton 41.5%, gold 9.6%, energy products 9.6%, mineral fertilizers, ferrous metals, textiles, food products, automobiles (1998). Imports: $3.99 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.): machinery and equipment 49.8%, foodstuffs 16.4%, chemicals, metals (1998).

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Argentina



Second in South America only to Brazil in size and population, Argentina is a plain, rising from the Atlantic to the Chilean border and the towering Andes peaks. Aconcagua (22,834 ft, 6,960 m) is the highest peak in the world outside Asia. Argentina is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay on the north, and by Uruguay and Brazil on the east. The northern area is the swampy and partly wooded Gran Chaco, bordering on Bolivia and Paraguay. South of that are the rolling, fertile Pampas, which are rich in agriculture and sheep- and cattle-grazing and support most of the population. Next southward is Patagonia, a region of cool, arid steppes with some wooded and fertile sections.

National name: República Argentina

Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2005 est.): $542.8 billion; per capita $13,700

Airports: 1,334 (2004 est.).

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Cambodia



National Name: Preahreacheanacha Kampuchea

Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2006 est.): $36.78 billion; per capita $2,600.

Exports: $3.38 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.): clothing, timber, rubber, rice, fish, tobacco, footwear. Imports: $4.446 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.): petroleum products, cigarettes, gold, construction materials, machinery, motor vehicles, pharmaceutical products.

Internet users: 41,000 (2005).

Airports: 20 (2006 est.).

Population (2007 est.): 14,131,858 (growth rate: 1.8%); birth rate: 26.9/1000; infant mortality rate: 68.8/1000; life expectancy: 59.7; density per sq mi: 207

Ethnicity/race: Khmer 90%, Vietnamese 5%, Chinese 1%, other 4%

Languages: Khmer 95% (official), French, English

King: Norodom Sihamoni (2004)

Prime Minister: Hun Sen (1998)

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El Salvador



Situated on the Pacific coast of Central America, El Salvador has Guatemala to the west and Honduras to the north and east. It is the smallest of the Central American countries, with an area equal to that of Massachusetts, and it is the only one without an Atlantic coastline. Most of the country is on a fertile volcanic plateau about 2,000 ft (607 m) high.

National name: República de El Salvador

President: Antonio Saca (2004)

Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2005 est.): $33.68 billion; per capita $4,900.

Exports: $3.686 billion (2006 est.): offshore assembly exports, coffee, sugar, shrimp, textiles, chemicals, electricity. Imports: $7.326 billion (2006 est.): raw materials, consumer goods, capital goods, fuels, foodstuffs, petroleum, electricity.

Internet hosts: 4,682 (2006). Internet users: 637,100 (2005).

Airports: 75 (2006 est.).

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Greece



Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2005 est.): $243.3 billion; per capita $22,800.

Airports: 80 (2004 est.).

Population (2007 est.): 10,706,290 (growth rate: 0.2%); birth rate: 9.6/1000; infant mortality rate: 5.3/1000; life expectancy: 79.4; density per sq mi: 212

Languages: Greek 99% (official), English, French

Ethnicity/race: Greek 98%, other 2%; note: the Greek government states there are no ethnic divisions in Greece

Religions: Greek Orthodox 98%, Islam 1%, other 1%

Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2005 est.): $243.3 billion; per capita $22,800.

Exports: $18.54 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.): food and beverages, manufactured goods, petroleum products, chemicals, textiles. Imports: $48.2 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.): machinery, transport equipment, fuels, chemicals.

Internet hosts: 208,977 (2004). Internet users: 1,718,400 (2003).

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