form: Madagascar local long form: Rossiyskaya Federatsiya local short form: Papua New Guinea (1981), Romania (1971), Switzerland (1990), and Ukraine *Romania, People Population: 930,249 (July 1993 est.) Population growth rate: 1.98% (1993 est.) Death rate: 17.45 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.) Nationality: noun: Bahraini(s) adjective: Bahraini Ethnic divisions: NA Independence: 27 April 1993 (from Czechoslovakia) Constitution: ratified 9 February 1989 Legal system: NA National holiday: Independence Day, 30 May 1990) Head of Government: President ISSAIAS Aferworke Member of: AG, CARICOM (observer), CDB, CG, ECLAC, FAO, G-3, G-6, G-11, G-15, G-19, G-24, G-77, GATT,
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