CIA World Fact Book, 2004/San Marino


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!| Background:
 * The third smallest state in Europe (after the Holy See and Monaco) also claims to be the world's oldest republic. According to tradition, it was founded by a Christian stonemason named Marino in 301 A.D. San Marino's foreign policy is aligned with that of Italy. Social and political trends in the republic also track closely with those of its larger neighbor.
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!| Location: !| Geographic coordinates: !| Map references: !| Area: water: 0 sq km land: 61.2 sq km !| Area - comparative: !| Land boundaries: border countries: Italy 39 km !| Coastline: !| Maritime claims: !| Climate: !| Terrain: !| Elevation extremes: highest point: Monte Titano 755 m !| Natural resources: !| Land use: permanent crops: 0% other: 83.33% (2001) !| Irrigated land: !| Natural hazards: !| Environment - current issues: !| Environment - international agreements: signed, but not ratified: Air Pollution !| Geography - note:
 * Southern Europe, an enclave in central Italy
 * 43 46 N, 12 25 E
 * Europe
 * total: 61.2 sq km
 * about 0.3 times the size of Washington, DC
 * total: 39 km
 * 0 km (landlocked)
 * none (landlocked)
 * Mediterranean; mild to cool winters; warm, sunny summers
 * rugged mountains
 * lowest point: Torrente Ausa 55 m
 * building stone
 * arable land: 16.67%
 * NA sq km
 * NA
 * NA
 * party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification
 * landlocked; smallest independent state in Europe after the Holy See and Monaco; dominated by the Apennines
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!| Population: !| Age structure: 15-64 years: 66.8% (male 9,200; female 9,834) 65 years and over: 16.7% (male 2,059; female 2,708) (2004 est.) !| Median age: male: 39.6 years female: 40.3 years (2004 est.) !| Population growth rate: !| Birth rate: !| Death rate: !| Net migration rate: !| Sex ratio: under 15 years: 1.07 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.94 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.76 male(s)/female total population: 0.92 male(s)/female (2004 est.) !| Infant mortality rate: female: 5.38 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.) male: 6.28 deaths/1,000 live births !| Life expectancy at birth: male: 78.02 years female: 85.34 years (2004 est.) !| Total fertility rate: !| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: !| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: !| HIV/AIDS - deaths: !| Nationality: adjective: Sammarinese !| Ethnic groups: !| Religions: !| Languages: !| Literacy: total population: 96% male: 97% female: 95% (1976 est.)
 * 28,503 (July 2004 est.)
 * 0-14 years: 16.5% (male 2,425; female 2,277)
 * total: 40 years
 * 1.33% (2004 est.)
 * 10.31 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
 * 7.96 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
 * 10.98 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)
 * at birth: 1.09 male(s)/female
 * total: 5.85 deaths/1,000 live births
 * total population: 81.53 years
 * 1.32 children born/woman (2004 est.)
 * NA
 * NA
 * NA
 * noun: Sammarinese (singular and plural)
 * Sammarinese, Italian
 * Roman Catholic
 * Italian
 * definition: age 10 and over can read and write
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!| Country name: conventional short form: San Marino local short form: San Marino local long form: Repubblica di San Marino !| Government type: !| Capital: !| Administrative divisions: !| Independence: !| National holiday: !| Constitution: !| Legal system: !| Suffrage: !| Executive branch: elections: cochiefs of state (captains regent) elected by the Great and General Council for a six-month term; election last held NA September 2004 (next to be held March 2005); secretary of state for foreign and political affairs elected by the Great and General Council for a five-year term; election last held 13 December 2003 (next to be held June 2006 when general elections are scheduled) note: the popularly elected parliament (Grand and General Council) selects two of its members to serve as the Captains Regent (cochiefs of state) for a six-month period; they preside over meetings of the Grand and General Council and its cabinet (Congress of State), which has 10 other members, all selected by the Grand and General Council; assisting the captains regent are 10 secretaries of state; the secretary of state for Foreign Affairs has assumed some of the prerogatives of a prime minister election results: Giuseppe ARZILLI and Roberto RASCHI elected captains regent; percent of legislative vote - NA%; Fabio BERARDI elected secretary of state for foreign and political affairs; percent of legislative vote - NA% cabinet: Congress of State elected by the Great and General Council for a five-year term head of government: Secretary of State for Foreign and Political Affairs Fabio BERARDI (15 December 2003) !| Legislative branch: elections: last held 10 June 2001 (next to be held by June 2006) election results: percent of vote by party - PDCS 41.4%, PSS 24.2%, PD 20.8%, APDS 8.2%, RC 3.4%, AN 1.9%; seats by party - PDCS 25, PSS 15, PD 12, APDS 5, RC 2, AN 1 !| Judicial branch: !| Political parties and leaders: !| Political pressure groups and leaders: !| International organization participation: !| Diplomatic representation in the US: honorary consulate(s) general: Washington, DC and New York honorary consulate(s): Detroit and Honolulu !| Diplomatic representation from the US: !| Flag description:
 * conventional long form: Republic of San Marino
 * independent republic
 * San Marino
 * 9 municipalities (castelli, singular - castello); Acquaviva, Borgo Maggiore, Chiesanuova, Domagnano, Faetano, Fiorentino, Montegiardino, San Marino Citta, Serravalle
 * 3 September 301
 * Founding of the Republic, 3 September (301)
 * 8 October 1600; electoral law of 1926 serves some of the functions of a constitution
 * based on civil law system with Italian law influences; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
 * 18 years of age; universal
 * chief of state: cochiefs of state Captain Regent Giuseppe ARZILLI and Captain Regent Roberto RASCHI (for the period 1 October 2004-31 March 2005)
 * unicameral Grand and General Council or Consiglio Grande e Generale (60 seats; members are elected by direct, popular vote to serve five-year terms)
 * Council of Twelve or Consiglio dei XII
 * Communist Refoundation or RC [Ivan FOSHI]; Ideas in Movement or IM [Alessandro ROSSI]; National Alliance or AN [leader NA]; Party of Democrats or PD [Claudio FELICI]; San Marino Christian Democratic Party or PDCS [Giovanni LONFERNINI]; San Marino Popular Alliance of Democrats or APDS [Roberto GIORGETTI]; San Marino Socialist Party or PSS [Alberto CECCHETTI]; Socialists for Reform or SR [Renzo GIARDI]
 * NA
 * CE, FAO, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICFTU, ICRM, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IOC, IOM (observer), ITU, OPCW, OSCE, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WToO
 * San Marino does not have an embassy in the US
 * the US does not have an embassy in San Marino; the US Consul General in Florence (Italy) is accredited to San Marino
 * two equal horizontal bands of white (top) and light blue with the national coat of arms superimposed in the center; the coat of arms has a shield (featuring three towers on three peaks) flanked by a wreath, below a crown and above a scroll bearing the word LIBERTAS (Liberty)
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!| Economy - overview: !| GDP: !| GDP - real growth rate: !| GDP - per capita: !| GDP - composition by sector: industry: NA services: NA !| Population below poverty line: !| Household income or consumption by percentage share: highest 10%: NA !| Inflation rate (consumer prices): !| Labor force: !| Labor force - by occupation: !| Unemployment rate: !| Budget: expenditures: $400 million, including capital expenditures of NA (2000 est.) !| Agriculture - products: !| Industries: !| Industrial production growth rate: !| Exports: !| Exports - commodities: !| Imports: !| Imports - commodities: !| Debt - external: !| Economic aid - recipient: !| Currency: !| Currency code: !| Exchange rates: !| Fiscal year:
 * The tourist sector contributes over 50% of GDP. In 2000 more than 3 million tourists visited San Marino. The key industries are banking, wearing apparel, electronics, and ceramics. Main agricultural products are wine and cheeses. The per capita level of output and standard of living are comparable to those of the most prosperous regions of Italy, which supplies much of its food.
 * purchasing power parity - $940 million (2001 est.)
 * 7.5% (2001 est.)
 * purchasing power parity - $34,600 (2001 est.)
 * agriculture: NA
 * NA
 * lowest 10%: NA
 * 3.3% (2001)
 * 18,500 (1999)
 * agriculture 1%, industry 42%, services 57% (2000 est.)
 * 2.6% (2001)
 * revenues: $400 million
 * wheat, grapes, corn, olives; cattle, pigs, horses, beef, cheese, hides
 * tourism, banking, textiles, electronics, ceramics, cement, wine
 * 6% (1997 est.)
 * trade data are included with the statistics for Italy
 * building stone, lime, wood, chestnuts, wheat, wine, baked goods, hides, ceramics
 * trade data are included with the statistics for Italy
 * wide variety of consumer manufactures, food
 * NA
 * NA
 * euro (EUR)
 * EUR
 * euros per US dollar - 0.886 (2003), 1.0626 (2002), 1.1175 (2001), 1.0854 (2000), 0.9386 (1999)
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!| Telephones - main lines in use: !| Telephones - mobile cellular: !| Telephone system: domestic: automatic telephone system completely integrated into Italian system international: country code - 378; connected to Italian international network !| Radio broadcast stations: !| Radios: !| Television broadcast stations: !| Televisions: !| Internet country code: !| Internet hosts: !| Internet Service Providers (ISPs): !| Internet users:
 * 20,600 (2002)
 * 16,800 (2002)
 * general assessment: adequate connections
 * AM 0, FM 3, shortwave 0 (1998)
 * 16,000 (1997)
 * 1 (San Marino residents also receive broadcasts from Italy) (1997)
 * 9,000 (1997)
 * .sm
 * 1,763 (2004)
 * 2 (2000)
 * 14,300 (2002)
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!| Highways: paved: 220 km unpaved: 0 km (2001) !| Ports and harbors: !| Airports:
 * total: 220 km
 * none
 * none (2003 est.)
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!| Military branches: !| Military expenditures - dollar figure: !| Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
 * Voluntary Military Force (Corpi Militari Voluntar); note - the Voluntary Military Force performs ceremonial duties and limited police assistance
 * $700,000 (FY00/01)
 * NA
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