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       3,659 m; NA with runways 2,440-3,659 m; NA with runways 1,220-2,439 m

       Telecommunications:

       Armenia has about 260,000 telephones, of which about 110,000 are in Yerevan;

       average telephone density is 8 per 100 persons; international connections to

       other former republics of the USSR are by landline or microwave and to other

       countries by satellite and by leased connection through the Moscow

       international gateway switch; broadcast stations - 100% of population

       receives Armenian and Russian TV programs; satellite earth station -

       INTELSAT

      :Armenia Defense Forces

      Branches:

       Republic Security Forces (internal and border troops), National Guard; CIS

       Forces (Ground and Air Defense)

       Manpower availability:

       males 15-49, NA; NA fit for military service; NA reach military age (18)

       annually

       Defense expenditures:

       $NA, NA% of GDP

      :Aruba Geography

      Total area:

       193 km2

       Land area:

       193 km2

       Comparative area:

       slightly larger than Washington, DC

       Land boundaries:

       none

       Coastline:

       68.5 km

       Maritime claims:

       Exclusive fishing zone:

       12 nm

       Territorial sea:

       12 nm

       Disputes:

       none

       Climate:

       tropical marine; little seasonal temperature variation

       Terrain:

       flat with a few hills; scant vegetation

       Natural resources:

       negligible; white sandy beaches

       Land use:

       arable land 0%; permanent crops 0%; meadows and pastures 0%; forest and

       woodland 0%; other 100%

       Environment:

       lies outside the Caribbean hurricane belt

       Note:

       28 km north of Venezuela

      :Aruba People

      Population:

       64,692 (July 1992), growth rate 0.7% (1992)

       Birth rate:

       16 births/1,000 population (1992)

       Death rate:

       6 deaths/1,000 population (1992)

       Net migration rate:

       —3 migrants/1,000 population (1992)

       Infant mortality rate:

       9 deaths/1,000 live births (1992)

       Life expectancy at birth:

       73 years male, 80 years female (1992)

       Total fertility rate:

       1.8 children born/woman (1992)

       Nationality:

       noun - Aruban(s); adjective - Aruban

       Ethnic divisions:

       mixed European/Caribbean Indian 80%

       Religions:

       Roman Catholic 82%, Protestant 8%, also small Hindu, Muslim, Confucian, and

       Jewish minority

       Languages:

       Dutch (official), Papiamento (a Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, English

       dialect), English (widely spoken), Spanish

       Literacy:

       NA% (male NA%, female NA%)

       Labor force:

       NA, but most employment is in the tourist industry (1986)

       Organized labor:

       Aruban Workers' Federation (FTA)

      :Aruba Government

      Long-form name:

       none

       Type:

       part of the Dutch realm - full autonomy in internal affairs obtained in 1986

       upon separation from the Netherlands Antilles

       Capital:

       Oranjestad

       Administrative divisions:

       none (self-governing part of the Netherlands)

       Independence:

       none (part of the Dutch realm); note - in 1990, Aruba requested and received

       from the Netherlands cancellation of the agreement to automatically give

       independence to the island in 1996

       Constitution:

       1 January 1986

       Legal system:

       based on Dutch civil law system, with some English common law influence

       National holiday:

       Flag Day, 18 March

       Executive branch:

       Dutch monarch, governor, prime minister, Council of Ministers (cabinet)

       Legislative branch:

       unicameral legislature (Staten)

       Judicial branch:

       Joint High Court of Justice

       Leaders:

       Chief of State:

       Queen BEATRIX Wilhelmina Armgard (since 30 April 1980), represented by

       Governor General Felipe B. TROMP (since 1 January 1986)

       Head of Government:

       Prime Minister Nelson ODUBER (since NA February 1989)

       Political parties and leaders:

       Electoral Movement Party (MEP), Nelson ODUBER; Aruban People's Party (AVP),

       Henny EMAN; National Democratic Action (ADN), Pedro Charro KELLY; New

       Patriotic Party (PPN), Eddy WERLEMEN; Aruban Patriotic Party (PPA), Benny

       NISBET; Aruban Democratic Party (PDA), Leo BERLINSKI; Democratic Action '86

       (AD '86), Arturo ODUBER; Organization for Aruban Liberty (OHA), Glenbert

       CROES; governing coalition includes the MEP, PPA, and ADN

       Suffrage:

       universal at age 18

       Elections:

       Legislature:

       last held 6 January 1989 (next to be held by NA January 1993); results -

       percent of vote by party NA; seats - (21 total) MEP 10, AVP 8, ADN 1, PPN 1,

       PPA 1

       Member of:

       ECLAC (associate), INTERPOL, IOC, UNESCO (associate), WCL, WTO (associate)

       Diplomatic representation:

       none (self-governing part of the Netherlands)

       Flag:

       blue with two narrow horizontal yellow stripes across the lower portion and

       a red, four-pointed