Statistics

National name: Repubblica di San Marino

Captains Regent: Luigi Lonfernini and Fabio Berardi (2001)

Area: 24 sq mi (61 sq km)

Population (2001 est.): 27,336 (average annual growth rate 0.3%); birth rate: 10.8/1000; infant mortality rate: 6.2/1000; density per sq mi: 1,161

Capital and largest city (1992 est.): San Marino, 2,397

Monetary unit: Italian lira

Language: Italian

Ethnicity/race: Sammarinese, Italian

Religion: Roman Catholic

Literacy rate: 96% (1976)

Economic summary: GDP/PPP (1997 est.): $500 million; per capita $20,000. Real growth rate: n.a. Inflation: 2%. Unemployment: 3.6% (April 1996). Arable land: 17%. Agriculture: wheat, grapes, corn, olives; cattle, pigs, horses, beef, cheese, hides. Labor force: 15,600 (1995); services, 60%; industry, 38%, agriculture, 2% (1998 est.). Natural resources: building stone. Industries: tourism, banking, textiles, electronics, ceramics, cement, wine. Exports: trade data are included with the statistics for Italy: building stone, lime, wood, chestnuts, wheat, wine, baked goods, hides, ceramics. Imports: trade data are included with the statistics for Italy: wide variety of consumer manufactures, food.

Communications: Telephones: main lines in use: 18,000 (1998); mobile cellular: 3,010 (1998). Radio broadcast stations: AM 0, FM 3, shortwave 0 (1998). Radios: 16,000 (1997). Television broadcast stations: 1 (San Marino residents also receive broadcasts from Italy) (1997). Televisions: 9,000 (1997). Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 1 (1999).

Transportation: Railways: 0 km; note: there is a 1.5 km cable railway connecting the city of San Marino to Borgo Maggiore. Highways: total: 220 km; paved: n.a. km; unpaved: n.a. km. Ports and harbors: none. Airports: none.

Geography

One-tenth the size of New York City, San Marino is surrounded by Italy. It is situated in the Apennines, a little inland from the Adriatic Sea near Rimini.

Republic.

According to tradition, San Marino was founded about A.D. 350 and had the good luck for centuries to stay out of the many wars and feuds on the Italian peninsula. It is the oldest republic in the world. San Marino has survived, completely intact, attacks by other self-governing Italian city-states, the Napoleonic Wars, the unification of Italy, and two world wars. Those born in San Marino remain citizens and can vote no matter where they live. Throughout the 1990s San Marino has taken a more active role in international diplomacy, establishing strong diplomatic and economic ties to a host of other countries.

See Also: Republic of San Marino Guide: http://www.worldskip.com/sanmarino/body.shtml

(Source: www.infoplease.com )

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