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 MontserratSan Marino
Administrative divisions 3 parishes; Saint Anthony, Saint Georges, Saint Peter's 9 municipalities (castelli, singular - castello); Acquaviva, Borgo Maggiore, Chiesanuova, Domagnano, Faetano, Fiorentino, Monte Giardino, San Marino, Serravalle
Age structure 0-14 years:
23.83% (male 907; female 898)

15-64 years:
64.66% (male 2,341; female 2,556)

65 years and over:
11.51% (male 464; female 408) (2001 est.)
0-14 years: 16.1% (male 2,300; female 2,161)


15-64 years: 67.5% (male 9,102; female 9,625)


65 years and over: 16.4% (male 1,956; female 2,586) (2002 est.)
Agriculture - products cabbages, carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes, onions, peppers; livestock products wheat, grapes, corn, olives; cattle, pigs, horses, beef, cheese, hides
Airports 1 (2000 est.) none (2001)
Airports - with paved runways total:
1

under 914 m:
1 (2000 est.)
-
Area total:
100 sq km

land:
100 sq km

water:
0 sq km
total: 61.2 sq km


land: 61.2 sq km


water: 0 sq km
Area - comparative about 0.6 times the size of Washington, DC about 0.3 times the size of Washington, DC
Background Much of this island has been devastated and two-thirds of the population has fled abroad due to the eruption of the Soufriere Hills volcano that began on 18 July 1995. 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 Marinus 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.
Birth rate 17.43 births/1,000 population (2001 est.) 10.64 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Budget revenues:
$31.4 million

expenditures:
$31.6 million, including capital expenditures of $8.4 million (1997 est.)
revenues: $400 million


expenditures: $400 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)
Capital Plymouth (abandoned in 1997 due to volcanic activity; interim government buildings have been built at Brades, in the Carr's Bay/Little Bay vicinity at the northwest end of Montserrat) San Marino
Climate tropical; little daily or seasonal temperature variation Mediterranean; mild to cool winters; warm, sunny summers
Coastline 40 km 0 km (landlocked)
Constitution present constitution came into force 19 December 1989 8 October 1600; electoral law of 1926 serves some of the functions of a constitution
Country name conventional long form:
none

conventional short form:
Montserrat
conventional long form: Republic of San Marino


conventional short form: San Marino


local long form: Repubblica di San Marino


local short form: San Marino
Currency East Caribbean dollar (XCD) euro (EUR); Italian lira (ITL)
Death rate 7.53 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.) 7.79 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Debt - external $8.9 million (1997) $NA
Dependency status overseas territory of the UK -
Diplomatic representation from the US none (overseas territory of the UK) the US does not have an embassy in San Marino; the US Consul General in Florence (Italy) is accredited to San Marino
Diplomatic representation in the US none (overseas territory of the UK) San Marino does not have an embassy in the US


honorary consulate(s) general: Washington, DC and New York


honorary consulate(s): Detroit and Honolulu
Disputes - international none none
Economic aid - recipient $9.8 million (1995); note - about $100 million (1996-98) in reconstruction aid from the UK; Country Policy Plan (1999) is a three-year program for spending $122.8 million in British budgetary assistance $NA
Economy - overview Severe volcanic activity, which began in July 1995, has put a damper on this small, open economy. A catastrophic eruption in June 1997 closed the airports and seaports, causing further economic and social dislocation. Two-thirds of the 12,000 inhabitants fled the island. Some began to return in 1998, but lack of housing limited the number. The agriculture sector continued to be affected by the lack of suitable land for farming and the destruction of crops. Prospects for the economy depend largely on developments in relation to the volcano and on public sector construction activity. The UK committed to a three year $125 million aid program in 1999 to help reconstruct the economy. 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.
Electricity - consumption 9.3 million kWh (1999) 184.5 million kWh (2000)
Electricity - exports 0 kWh (1999) 0 kWh


note: electric power supplied by Italy (1999)
Electricity - imports 0 kWh (1999) 185 kWh


note: electricity supplied by Italy (2000)
Electricity - production 10 million kWh (1999) 0 kWh
Electricity - production by source fossil fuel:
100%

hydro:
0%

nuclear:
0%

other:
0% (1999)
fossil fuel: NA%


hydro: NA%


nuclear: NA%


other: NA%
Elevation extremes lowest point:
Caribbean Sea 0 m

highest point:
Chances Peak (in the Soufriere Hills) 914 m
lowest point: Torrente Ausa 55 m


highest point: Monte Titano 755 m
Environment - current issues land erosion occurs on slopes that have been cleared for cultivation NA
Environment - international agreements - party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Nuclear Test Ban


signed, but not ratified: Air Pollution
Ethnic groups black, white Sammarinese, Italian
Exchange rates East Caribbean dollars per US dollar - 2.7000 (fixed rate since 1976) euros per US dollar - 1.1324 (January 2002), 1.1175 (2001), 1.08540 (2000), 0.93863 (1999); Italian lire per US dollar - 1,736.2 (1998), 1,703.1 (1997)
Executive branch chief of state:
Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952), represented by Governor Anthony John ABBOTT (since NA September 1997)

head of government:
Chief Minister David BRANDT (since 22 August 1997)

cabinet:
Executive Council consists of the governor, the chief minister, three other ministers, the attorney general, and the finance secretary

elections:
the monarch is hereditary; governor appointed by the monarch; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party usually becomes chief minister; note - as a result of the last election, a coalition party was formed between NPP, NDP, and one of the independent candidates
chief of state: cochiefs of state Captain Regent Giuseppe Maria MORGANTI and Captain Regent Mauro CHIARUZZI (for the period 1 October 2002-31 March 2003)


head of government: Secretary of State for Foreign and Political Affairs Fiorenzo STOLFI (since 17 December 2002)


cabinet: Congress of State elected by the Great and General Council for a five-year term


elections: cochiefs of state (captains regent) elected by the Great and General Council for a six-month term; election last held NA September 2002 (next to be held NA April 2003); secretary of state for foreign and political affairs elected by the Great and General Council for a five-year term; election last held 17 December 2002 (next to be held NA June 2007)


election results: Giuseppe Maria MORGANTI and Mauro CHIARUZZI reelected captains regent; percent of legislative vote - NA%; Fiorenzo STOLFI elected secretary of state for foreign and political affairs; percent of legislative vote - 40%


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 ten other members, all selected by the Grand and General Council; assisting the captains regent are ten secretaries of state; the secretary of state for Foreign Affairs has assumed some of the prerogatives of a prime minister
Exports $1.5 million (1998) trade data are included with the statistics for Italy
Exports - commodities electronic components, plastic bags, apparel, hot peppers, live plants, cattle building stone, lime, wood, chestnuts, wheat, wine, baked goods, hides, ceramics
Exports - partners US, Antigua and Barbuda (1993) -
Fiscal year 1 April - 31 March calendar year
Flag description blue, with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Montserratian coat of arms centered in the outer half of the flag; the coat of arms features a woman standing beside a yellow harp with her arm around a black cross 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)
GDP purchasing power parity - $31 million (1999 est.) purchasing power parity - $940 million (2001 est.)
GDP - composition by sector agriculture:
5.4%

industry:
13.6%

services:
81% (1996 est.)
agriculture: NA%


industry: NA%


services: NA%
GDP - per capita purchasing power parity - $5,000 (1999 est.) purchasing power parity - $34,600 (2001 est.)
GDP - real growth rate -1.5% (1999 est.) 7.5% (2001 est.)
Geographic coordinates 16 45 N, 62 12 W 43 46 N, 12 25 E
Geography - note - landlocked; smallest independent state in Europe after the Holy See and Monaco; dominated by the Apennines
Highways total:
269 km

paved:
203 km

unpaved:
66 km (1995)
total: 220 km


paved: 220 km


unpaved: 0 km (2001)
Household income or consumption by percentage share lowest 10%:
NA%

highest 10%:
NA%
lowest 10%: NA%


highest 10%: NA%
Illicit drugs transshipment point for South American narcotics destined for the US and Europe -
Imports $26 million (1998) trade data are included with the statistics for Italy
Imports - commodities machinery and transportation equipment, foodstuffs, manufactured goods, fuels, lubricants, and related materials wide variety of consumer manufactures, food
Imports - partners US, UK, Trinidad and Tobago, Japan, Canada (1993) -
Independence none (overseas territory of the UK) 3 September 301
Industrial production growth rate NA% 6% (1997 est.)
Industries tourism, rum, textiles, electronic appliances tourism, banking, textiles, electronics, ceramics, cement, wine
Infant mortality rate 8.19 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.) 6.09 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices) 5% (1998) 3.3% (2001)
International organization participation Caricom, CDB, ECLAC (associate), ICFTU, Interpol (subbureau), OECS, WCL CE, ECE, FAO, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IOC, IOM (observer), ITU, OPCW, OSCE, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WToO
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) 17 (2000) 2 (2000)
Irrigated land NA sq km NA sq km
Judicial branch Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (based in Saint Lucia, one judge of the Supreme Court is a resident of the islands and presides over the High Court) Council of Twelve or Consiglio dei XII
Labor force 4,521 (1992); note - recently lowered by flight of people from volcanic activity 18,500 (1999) (1999)
Labor force - by occupation agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA% services 57%, industry 42%, agriculture 1% (2000 est.)
Land boundaries 0 km total: 39 km


border countries: Italy 39 km
Land use arable land:
20%

permanent crops:
0%

permanent pastures:
10%

forests and woodland:
40%

other:
30% (1993 est.)
arable land: 16.67%


permanent crops: 0%


other: 83.33% (1998 est.)
Languages English Italian
Legal system English common law and statutory law based on civil law system with Italian law influences; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Legislative branch unicameral Legislative Council (11 seats, 7 popularly elected; members serve five-year terms)

elections:
last held 11 November 1996 (next to be held by NA November 2001)

election results:
percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - PPA 2, MNR 2, NPP 1, independent 2
unicameral Grand and General Council or Consiglio Grande e Generale (60 seats; members are elected by direct, popular vote to serve five-year terms)


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
Life expectancy at birth total population:
78.03 years

male:
75.95 years

female:
80.22 years (2001 est.)
total population: 81.33 years


male: 77.79 years


female: 85.18 years (2002 est.)
Literacy definition:
age 15 and over has ever attended school

total population:
97%

male:
97%

female:
97% (1970 est.)
definition: age 10 and over can read and write


total population: 96%


male: 97%


female: 95% (1976 est.)
Location Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, southeast of Puerto Rico Southern Europe, an enclave in central Italy
Map references Central America and the Caribbean Europe
Maritime claims exclusive fishing zone:
200 NM

territorial sea:
3 NM
none (landlocked)
Merchant marine none (2000 est.) -
Military - note defense is the responsibility of the UK -
Military branches Police Force Voluntary Military Force (Corpi Militari Voluntar), Gendarmerie; note - the Voluntary Military Force performs ceremonial duties and limited police assistance
Military expenditures - dollar figure - $700,000 (FY00/01)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP - NA%
National holiday Birthday of Queen ELIZABETH II, second Saturday in June (1926) Founding of the Republic, 3 September (301)
Nationality noun:
Montserratian(s)

adjective:
Montserratian
noun: Sammarinese (singular and plural)


adjective: Sammarinese
Natural hazards severe hurricanes (June to November); volcanic eruptions (full-scale eruptions of the Soufriere Hills volcano occurred during 1996-97) NA
Natural resources NEGL building stone
Net migration rate 123.98 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.) 11.29 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Political parties and leaders Movement for National Reconstruction or MNR [Percival Austin BRAMBLE]; National Development Party or NDP [leader NA]; National Progressive Party or NPP [Reuben T. MEADE]; People's Progressive Alliance or PPA [John A. OSBORNE] 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 [Romeo RIORRI]; San Marino Popular Alliance of Democrats or APDS [Roberto GIORGETTI]; San Marino Socialist Party or PSS [Augusto CASALI]; Socialists for Reform or SR [Renzo GIARDI]
Political pressure groups and leaders NA NA
Population 7,574

note:
an estimated 8,000 refugees left the island following the resumption of volcanic activity in July 1995; some have returned (July 2001 est.)
27,730 (July 2002 est.)
Population below poverty line NA% NA%
Population growth rate 13.39% (2001 est.) 1.41% (2002 est.)
Ports and harbors Plymouth (abandoned), Little Bay (anchorages and ferry landing), Carr's Bay none
Radio broadcast stations AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 0 (1998) AM 0, FM 3, shortwave 0 (1998)
Radios 7,000 (1997) 16,000 (1997)
Railways 0 km 0 km; note - there is a 1.5-km cable railway connecting the city of San Marino to Borgo Maggiore
Religions Anglican, Methodist, Roman Catholic, Pentecostal, Seventh-Day Adventist, other Christian denominations Roman Catholic
Sex ratio at birth:
1.05 male(s)/female

under 15 years:
1.01 male(s)/female

15-64 years:
0.92 male(s)/female

65 years and over:
1.14 male(s)/female

total population:
0.96 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
at birth: 1.09 male(s)/female


under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female


15-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female


65 years and over: 0.76 male(s)/female


total population: 0.93 male(s)/female (2002 est.)
Suffrage 18 years of age; universal 18 years of age; universal
Telephone system general assessment:
NA

domestic:
NA

international:
NA
general assessment: adequate connections


domestic: automatic telephone system completely integrated into Italian system


international: connected to Italian international network
Telephones - main lines in use 4,000 (1997) 18,000 (1998)
Telephones - mobile cellular 70 (1994) 3,010 (1998)
Television broadcast stations 1 (1997) 1 (San Marino residents also receive broadcasts from Italy) (1997)
Terrain volcanic islands, mostly mountainous, with small coastal lowland rugged mountains
Total fertility rate 1.82 children born/woman (2001 est.) 1.3 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Unemployment rate 20% (1996 est.) 2.6% (2001)
Waterways none none
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