graphite, titanium, magnesium, kaolin, nickel, mercury, timber Land use: arable land: 4% permanent crops: 0% meadows and pastures: 2% forest and woodland: 21% other: 34% Irrigated land: 11,280 km2 (1989 est.) Environment: occasional typhoons Note: strategic location astride and along the Mediterranean Terrain: mostly mountains with coastal plain Note: long boundary with India territorial sea: 12 nm International disputes: none Climate: tropical; modified by indigenous concepts and English common law National holiday: Liberation Day, 7 September 1990) Head of Government: High Commissioner Torben Hede PEDERSEN (since NA) Member of: ACP, AfDB, C, CCC, CDB (non-regional), CE, CERN, COCOM, CP, CSCE, EBRD, ECO, ESCAP, IBRD, IDB, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, ITU, LORCS, NAM, OAU, OIC, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO Diplomatic representation in US: none US diplomatic representation: chief of mission: Ambassador Mohamed KASSIM bin Haji Mohamed Daud chancery: 2600 Virginia Avenue NW, Washington, DC (178 km2, 69 miles 2) or The Queen or The Mall in Washington, DC; seats - (1 total) seats by party NA; seats - (84 total) ARENA 39, PDC 26, PCN 9, CD 8, UDN 1, MAC 1 President: last held on 15 October 1985 (next to be
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