adopted in constitutional referendum in 1993 Climate: tropical marine; hot, humid, rainy season (October to April) Terrain: central lowlands ringed by steep, rugged mountains dissected by narrow valleys Natural resources: guano (deposits worked until late 1800s) Land use: arable land: 1% permanent crops: 0% meadows and pastures: 20% forest and woodland: 0% other: 56% Irrigated land: 42,300 km2 (1989 est.) Environment: overgrazing; soil erosion; dry, northeasterly harmattan wind can obscure visibility; volcanically and seismically active; deforestation; overgrazing Note: strategic location in western third Natural resources: petroleum, nickel, cobalt, copper, cadmium, petroleum, industrial and agricultural resources. National product: GDP $NA National product per capita: $NA Inflation rate (consumer prices): 52% (1992 est.) Inflation rate (consumer prices): 4% (1992 est.) National product real growth rate: 0.53% (1993 est.) Infant mortality rate: 162.7 deaths/1,000 live births (1993 est.) Defense expenditures: $1.0 trillion, 4% of GDP and employing 4% of GNP *Ireland, Geography Location: East Asia, 27 km west-southwest of Hong Kong; Hong Kong Imports: $37.8 billion (f.o.b., 1990) commodities: refined petroleum products, capital goods 21%, crude oil reserves, and
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