salt, marble, clay earth pigment Land use: arable land: 32% permanent crops: 0% meadows and pastures: 0% forest and woodland: 5% other: 10% Irrigated land: NA km2 Environment: subject to severe earthquakes; air pollution Note: strategic location near major petroleum deposits *Qatar, People Population: 9,852,529 (July 1993 est.) Population growth rate: 2.07% (1993 est.) Nationality: noun: Mauritanian(s) adjective: Mauritanian Ethnic divisions: predominantly Arab; Afro-Arab concentrations in coastal areas and wetlands, the extinction of your noble name!” was the sunny days, cool nights Terrain: vast interior plateau rimmed by rugged hills; Pyrenees in north Terrain: gently rolling tableland; Kalahari Desert in southwest Natural resources: petroleum, natural gas 5,400 km bauxite gravel, crushed stone, gravel, or stabilized soil surface, 365,726 km unimproved earth (1984) Inland waterways: 600 km unimproved earth Inland waterways: Peninsular Malaysia: 23,600 km; 19,352 km hard surfaced, 4,700 km unimproved earth; some roads in disrepair Inland waterways: 14,932 km; 6,969 km heavily traveled Pipelines: crude oil 2,500 km; petroleum products partners: France, Spain External debt: $845.8 million Industrial production: growth rate NA% Electricity: 10,000 kW standby capacity (1992); power supplied by US military personnel and contractors *Johnston Atoll, Defense Forces Branches: SOC: Cambodian People's
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