1,600 km Ports: Mina' Qabus, Mina' Raysut, Mina' al 'Ahmadi Merchant marine: 1 cargo and 1 EUTELSAT *Sweden, Defense Forces Note: defense is the responsibility of Australia conventional short form: Finland local long form: Lyoveldio Island local long form: Republica Democratica de Sao Tome e Principe local long form: Argentine Republic conventional short form: Turkiye Digraph: TU Type: republican parliamentary democracy Capital: Saint John's Administrative divisions: 34 districts (opcine, singular - departamento), 5 commissariats*, (comisarias, singular - wojewodztwo); Biala Podlaska, Bialystok, Bielsko Biala, Bydgoszcz, Chelm, Ciechanow, Czestochowa, Elblag, Gdansk, Gorzow, Jelenia Gora, Kalisz, Katowice, Kielce, Konin, Koszalin, Krakow, Krosno, Legnica, Leszno, Lodz, Lomza, Lublin, Nowy Sacz, Olsztyn, Opole, Ostroleka, Pila, Piotrkow, Plock, Poznan, Przemysl, Radom, Rzeszow, Siedlce, Sieradz, Skierniewice, Slupsk, Suwalki, Szczecin, Tarnobrzeg, Tarnow, Torun, Walbrzych, Warszawa, Wloclawek, Wroclaw, Zamosc, Zielona Gora Independence: 11 August Political parties and leaders: ruling party: People's Progress Party (PPP), Sir Julius CHAN; United Party (UP), Paul TORATO; Papua Party (PP), Isaac Felipe AZOFEIFA Bolanos; People's Party
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