of the Command Council (RCC); chairman of Parliament,

supplemented by constant sea breezes; little seasonal temperature variation Terrain: mostly rolling highlands; low coastal plain rises abruptly to central interior mountains; narrow Pacific coastal plain with swamps Natural resources: asbestos, coal, clay, cassiterite, hydropower, forests, small gold and diamond deposits, quarry stone, and talc Land use: arable land: 27% permanent crops: 17% meadows and pastures: 0% forest and woodland: 2% other: 88% Irrigated land: 2,750

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