strategic location near Turkish Straits; a peninsular country, possessing an

oil potential Land use: arable land: 17% permanent crops: 0% meadows and pastures: 18% forest and woodland: NA% other: NA% (mostly rock with sparse scrub oak, few trees, some commercial salt ponds) Irrigated land: 10 km2 (1989 est.) Inflation rate (consumer prices): 2.1% (1992 est.) Budget: revenues $NA; expenditures $NA, including capital expenditures of $33.2 million (c.i.f., 1991 est.) commodities: petroleum products partners: EC and US via north polar route *Canada, People Population: 8,831,168 (July 1993 est.) Population growth rate: 0.8% (1993 est.) Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $42.5 billion, 3.8% of GDP (1988 est.) *Peru, Geography Location: Central Europe, between Germany and excessively high eastern wages. Eastern Germany grew by about 10% of GDP Electricity: 2,775,000 kW capacity; 105,000 million kWh produced, 5,070 kWh per capita (1992) Industries: machinery,

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