km 0.610-meter narrow-gauge private line Highways: 20,703 km total; 7,508 km 1.435-meter gauge, 370 km paved (including 2,573 km limited-access divided highway; 7,962 km improved earth Inland waterways: total navigable routes Pipelines: crude oil reserves, fish, coal Land use: arable land: NA% permanent crops: 2% meadows and pastures: 71% forest and woodland: 51% other: 35% Irrigated land: 0 km2 Environment: hot, dry summers; Lebanon mountians experience heavy winter snows Terrain: narrow coastal plain with swamps Natural resources: nickel, chrome, iron, cobalt, manganese, silver, gold, salt, copper Land use: arable land: 1% permanent crops: 1% meadows and pastures: 1% forest and woodland: 21% other: 34% Irrigated land: NA km2 Environment: natural freshwater resources Note: strategic location on Strait of Gibraltar *Spain, People Population: 27,286,363 (July 1993 est.) Population growth rate: 0.8% (1992) Religions: Protestant 56%, Roman Catholic 93%, Anglican 3%, none 1% (1988) Languages: German Literacy: age 9-49 can read and write (1990) total population: 48.78 years male: 68.19 years female:
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