The 2003 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

      Geographic coordinates:

       42 30 N, 1 30 E

      Map references:

       Europe

      Area:

       total: 468 sq km

       water: 0 sq km

       land: 468 sq km

      Area - comparative:

       2.5 times the size of Washington, DC

      Land boundaries: total: 120.3 km border countries: France 56.6 km, Spain 63.7 km

      Coastline:

       0 km (landlocked)

      Maritime claims:

       none (landlocked)

      Climate:

       temperate; snowy, cold winters and warm, dry summers

      Terrain:

       rugged mountains dissected by narrow valleys

      Elevation extremes:

       lowest point: Riu Runer 840 m

       highest point: Coma Pedrosa 2,946 m

      Natural resources:

       hydropower, mineral water, timber, iron ore, lead

      Land use: arable land: 2.22% permanent crops: 0% other: 97.78% (1998 est.)

      Irrigated land:

       NA sq km

      Natural hazards:

       avalanches

      Environment - current issues:

       deforestation; overgrazing of mountain meadows contributes to soil

       erosion; air pollution; wastewater treatment and solid waste disposal

      Environment - international agreements:

       party to: Hazardous Wastes

       signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

      Geography - note:

       landlocked; straddles a number of important crossroads in the

       Pyrenees

      People Andorra

      Population:

       69,150 (July 2003 est.)

      Age structure:

       0–14 years: 15.1% (male 5,473; female 4,974)

       15–64 years: 71.7% (male 26,063; female 23,542)

       65 years and over: 13.2% (male 4,543; female 4,555) (2003 est.)

      Median age:

       total: 39.1 years

       male: 39.4 years

       female: 38.8 years (2002)

      Population growth rate:

       1.06% (2003 est.)

      Birth rate:

       9.65 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)

      Death rate:

       5.74 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)

      Net migration rate:

       6.67 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.)

      Sex ratio:

       at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female

       under 15 years: 1.1 male(s)/female

       15–64 years: 1.11 male(s)/female

       65 years and over: 1 male(s)/female

       total population: 1.09 male(s)/female (2003 est.)

      Infant mortality rate:

       total: 4.06 deaths/1,000 live births

       female: 3.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

       male: 4.4 deaths/1,000 live births

      Life expectancy at birth:

       total population: 83.49 years

       male: 80.58 years

       female: 86.58 years (2003 est.)

      Total fertility rate:

       1.27 children born/woman (2003 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

       NA%

      HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

       NA

      HIV/AIDS - deaths:

       NA

      Nationality:

       noun: Andorran(s)

       adjective: Andorran

      Ethnic groups:

       Spanish 43%, Andorran 33%, Portuguese 11%, French 7%, other 6%

       (1998)

      Religions:

       Roman Catholic (predominant)

      Languages:

       Catalan (official), French, Castilian, Portuguese

      Literacy: definition: NA total population: 100% male: NA% female: NA%

      Government Andorra

      Country name:

       conventional long form: Principality of Andorra

       conventional short form: Andorra

       local short form: Andorra

       local long form: Principat d'Andorra

      Government type:

       parliamentary democracy (since March 1993) that retains as its

       heads of state a coprincipality; the two princes are the president

       of France and bishop of Seo de Urgel, Spain, who are represented

       locally by coprinces' representatives

      Capital:

       Andorra la Vella

      Administrative divisions:

       7 parishes (parroquies, singular - parroquia); Andorra la Vella,

       Canillo, Encamp, La Massana, Escaldes-Engordany, Ordino, Sant Julia

       de Loria

      Independence:

       1278 (was formed under the joint suzerainty of the French count of

       Foix and the Spanish bishop of Urgel)

      National holiday:

       Our Lady of Meritxell Day, 8 September (1278)

      Constitution:

       Andorra's first written constitution was drafted in 1991; approved

       by referendum 14 March 1993; came into force 4 May 1993

      Legal system:

       based on French and Spanish civil codes; no judicial review of

       legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

      Suffrage:

       18 years of age; universal

      Executive branch:

       chief of state: French Coprince Jacques CHIRAC (since 17 May 1995),

       represented by Philippe MASSONI (since 26 July 2002); Spanish

       Coprince Episcopal Monsignor Joan Enric VIVES SICILIA (since 12 May

       2003), represented by Nemesi MARQUES OSTE (since NA)

       elections: Executive Council president elected by the General

       Council and formally appointed by the coprinces for a four-year

       term; election last held 4 March 2001 (next to be held NA 2005)

       election results: Marc FORNE Molne elected executive council

       president; percent of General Council vote