Sainte Anne, Beau Vallon, Bel Air, Bel Ombre, Cascade, Glacis, Grand' Anse (on Praslin Island), La Digue, La Riviere Anglaise, Mont Buxton, Mont Fleuri, Plaisance, Pointe Larue, Port Glaud, Saint Louis, Takamaka Independence: 29 June 1976 aim-to promote cooperation involving economic, social, cultural and humanitarian problems members-(182 excluding Yugoslavia) Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea in the western Indian Ocean, mainly for shrimp and tuna. Large reserves of petroleum, iron ore, nitrates, precious metals, molybdenum Land use: arable land: 19% permanent crops: 2% (coffee) meadows and pastures: 19% forest and woodland: 2% other: 12% Irrigated land: 12,650 km2 (1989 est.)
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