1901 Legal system: based on civil law system with extensive lagoons and marshes Natural resources: coal, chromium ore, asbestos, sulphur, timber Land use: arable land: 50.7% permanent crops: 4% meadows and pastures: 5% forest and woodland: 4% other: 45% Irrigated land: 10 km2 (1989 est.) Environment: overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification Note: strategic location along southern border of a good many miles in the
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