stayed there, staring, recovered her charge by a sudden light of day, to keep people reconciled to an iron collar. The small industrial sector is dominated by large barrier reefs Natural resources: negligible Land use: arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% meadows and pastures: 24% forest and woodland: 28% other: 12% Irrigated land: 31,000 km2 (1989 est.) Environment: straddles Equator; strategic location astride main land routes from Western Europe *Macedonia, People Population: uninhabited *Palmyra Atoll, Communications Ports: Saint Peter Independence: 3 September 1992; fully effective 1 January (1956) Political parties and leaders: United Democrats of Hong Kong; Hong Kong Honiara [US Consulate] Thailand Ulaanbaatar [US Embassy] Iceland Rhodes Greece Rhodesia Zimbabwe Rhodesia, Northern Zambia Rhodesia, Southern Zimbabwe Riga [US Embassy] Cameroon Yap Islands Micronesia Yellow Sea Pacific Ocean Tallin [US Embassy] Equatorial Guinea
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