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The World Factbook: 1987

By: Central Intelligence Agency

...00 (est); Communist Party illegal (banned 1962) Member of: AfDB, AIOEC, Arab League, ASSIMER, FAO, G-77, GATT (de facto), IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IDE I... ...ry; Austrian Trade Union Federation (prima- rily Socialist); three composite leagues of the Austrian People's Party (OVP) repre- senting business, lab... ...ple's Party (OVP) repre- senting business, labor, and farmers; OVP- oriented League of Austrian Industrialists; Roman Catholic Church, including its c... ...lture: large-scale subsistence farm- ing, heavily dependent on monsoon rain- fall; main crops are jute, tea, and rice; grain, cotton, and oilseed shor... ...humid in winter, hot and rainy from spring through summer, warm and sunny in fall Terrain: hilly to mountainous with steep slopes; lowlands in north L... ... leader should try to form a ruling coalition following an elec- tion or the fall of a previous government; executive power vested in Cabinet; uni- ca... ...01,230 km 2 ; land area: 294,020 km 2 Comparative area: slightly larger than Arizona Land boundaries: 1,702 km total Coastline: 4,996 km Maritime clai... ...: 504,750 km 2 ; land area: 499,400 km 2 Comparative area: about the size of Arizona and Utah combined Land boundaries: 1,899 km total Coastline: 4,96...

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