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Concise descriptions of the major religions mentioned in the Factbookhave been added to the Notes and Definitions. France 's redesignationof some of its overseas possessions caused the five former Indian Oceanisland possessions making up Iles Eparses to be incorporated into theFrench Southern and Antarctic Lands, while two new Caribbean entities,St. Barthelemy and St. Martin, were created.
Revision of some individual country maps, first introduced in the 2001edition, is continued in this edition. The revised maps includeelevation extremes and a partial geographic grid. Several regional mapshave also been updated to reflect boundary changes and place namespelling changes.
Abbreviations: This information is included in Appendix A:Abbreviations, which includes all abbreviations and acronyms used inthe Factbook, with their expansions.
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refined products 1,185 km (2007)
Egypt
condensate 483 km; condensate/gas 74 km; gas 6,466 km; liquid
petroleum gas 957 km; oil 5,518 km; oil/gas/water 37 km; refined
products 895 km (2007)
Equatorial Guinea condensate 42 km; condensate/gas 5 km; gas 80 km; oil 54 km (2007)
Estonia
gas 859 km (2007)
Finland
gas 694 km (2007)
France
gas 14,665 km; oil 3,032 km; refined products 4,947 km (2007)
Gabon
gas 384 km; oil 1,427 km (2007)
Georgia
gas 1,591 km; oil 1,253 km (2007)
Germany
condensate 37 km; gas 25,094 km; oil 3,546 km; refined
products 3,828 km (2007)
Ghana
oil 13 km; refined products 316 km (2007)
Greece
gas 1,166 km; oil 94 km (2007)
Guatemala
oil 480 km (2007)
Hungary
gas 4,397 km; oil 990 km; refined products 335 km (2007)
India
condensate/gas 9 km; gas 7,488 km; liquid petroleum gas 1,861
km; oil 7,883 km; refined products 6,422 km (2007)
Indonesia
condensate 963 km; condensate/gas 81 km; gas 9,003 km; oil
7,471 km; oil/gas/water 77 km; refined products 1,365 km (2007)
Iran
condensate 7 km; condensate/gas 397 km; gas 19,161 km; liquid
petroleum gas 570 km; oil 8,438 km; refined products 7,936 km (2007)
Iraq
gas 2,250 km; liquid petroleum gas 918 km; oil 5,509 km;
refined products 1,637 km (2007)
Ireland
gas 1,855 km (2007)
Israel
gas 160 km; oil 442 km; refined products 261 km (2007)
Italy
gas 18,863 km; oil 1,258 km (2007)
Japan
gas 3,939 km; oil 170 km; oil/gas/water 104 km (2007)
Jordan
gas 426 km; oil 49 km (2007)
Kazakhstan
condensate 658 km; gas 11,082 km; oil 10,376 km; refined
products 1,095 km (2007)
Kenya
refined products 900 km (2007)
Korea, North
oil 154 km (2007)
Korea, South
gas 1,482 km; refined products 827 km (2007)
Kuwait
gas 269 km; oil 540 km; refined products 57 km (2007)
Kyrgyzstan
gas 254 km; oil 16 km (2007)
Laos
refined products 540 km (2007)
Latvia
gas 948 km; oil 82 km; refined products 415 km (2007)
Lebanon
gas 43 km (2007)
Libya
condensate 882 km; gas 3,425 km; oil 6,956 km (2007)
Liechtenstein
gas 20 km (2007)
Lithuania
gas 1,695 km; oil 228 km; refined products 121 km (2007)
Luxembourg
gas 155 km (2007)
Macedonia
gas 268 km; oil 120 km (2007)
Malaysia
condensate 282 km; gas 5,273 km; oil 1,750 km;
oil/gas/water 19 km; refined products 114 km (2007)
Mexico
gas 22,705 km; liquid petroleum gas 1,875 km; oil 8,688 km;
oil/gas/water 228 km; refined products 6,520 km (2006)
Moldova
gas 1,980 km (2007)
Morocco
gas 720 km; oil 439 km (2007)
Mozambique
gas 964 km; refined products 278 km (2007)
Netherlands
condensate 81 km; gas 7,394 km; oil 578 km; refined
products 716 km (2007)
New Zealand
condensate 331 km; gas 1,896 km; liquid petroleum gas
172 km; oil 288 km; refined products 260 km (2007)
Nicaragua
oil 54 km (2007)
Nigeria
condensate 124 km; gas 3,071 km; liquid petroleum gas 156
km; oil 4,347 km; refined products 3,949 km (2007)
Norway
condensate 508 km; gas 6,529 km; oil 2,444 km; oil/gas/water
457 km (2007)
Oman
gas 4,126 km; oil 3,558 km (2007)
Pakistan
gas 10,398 km; oil 2,076 km (2007)
Papua New Guinea
oil 264 km (2007)
Peru
gas 1,181 km; gas/liquid petroleum gas 61 km; liquid natural
gas 106 km; liquid petroleum gas 517 km; oil 1,749 km; refined
products 13 km (2007)
Philippines
gas 565 km; oil 135 km; refined products 105 km (2007)
Poland
gas 13,552 km; oil 1,384 km; refined products 777 km (2007)
Portugal
gas 1,098 km; oil 11 km; refined products 188 km (2007)
Qatar
condensate 322 km; condensate/gas 209 km; gas 1,970 km; liquid
petroleum gas 87 km; oil 741 km (2007)
Romania
gas 3,674 km; oil 2,424 km (2007)
Russia
condensate 122 km; gas 158,699 km; oil 72,347 km; refined
products 13,658 km (2007)
Saudi Arabia
condensate 212 km; gas 1,880 km; liquid petroleum gas
1,183 km; oil 4,521 km; refined products 1,148 km (2007)
Senegal
gas 43 km (2007)
Serbia
gas 1,921 km; oil 393 km (2007)
Singapore
gas 139 km; refined products 8 km (2007)
Slovakia
gas 6,769 km; oil 416 km (2007)
Slovenia
gas 840 km; oil 11 km (2007)
South Africa
condensate 100 km; gas 1,177 km; oil 992 km; refined
products 1,379 km (2007)
Spain
gas 7,858 km; oil 622 km; refined products 3,445 km (2007)
Sudan
gas 156 km; oil 4,070 km; refined products 1,613 km (2007)
Suriname
oil 50 km (2007)
Sweden
gas 798 km (2007)
Switzerland
gas 1,781 km; oil 94 km; refined products 7 km (2007)
Syria
gas 2,794 km; oil 2,000 km (2007)
Taiwan
condensate 25 km; gas 661 km (2007)
Tajikistan
gas 549 km; oil 38 km (2007)
Tanzania
gas 287 km; oil 891 km (2007)
Thailand
gas 4,381 km; refined products 320 km (2007)
Trinidad and Tobago condensate 245 km; gas 1,320 km; oil 563 km (2007)
Tunisia
gas 2,665 km; oil 1,235 km; refined products 353 km (2007)
Turkey
gas 7,511 km; oil 3,636 km (2007)
Turkmenistan
gas 6,441 km; oil 1,361 km (2007)
Ukraine
gas 33,721 km; oil 4,514 km; refined products 4,211 km (2007)
United Arab Emirates
condensate 520 km; gas 2,908 km; liquid
petroleum gas 300 km; oil 2,950 km; oil/gas/water 5 km; refined
products 156 km (2007)
United Kingdom
condensate 567 km; condensate/gas 22 km; gas 18,980
km; liquid petroleum gas 59 km; oil 4,930 km; oil/gas/water 165 km;
refined products 4,444 km (2007)
United States
petroleum products 244,620 km; natural gas 548,665 km
(2006)
Uruguay
gas 257 km; oil 160 km (2007)
Uzbekistan
gas 9,725 km; oil 868 km (2007)
Venezuela
extra heavy crude oil 992 km; gas 5,400 km; oil 7,607 km;
refined products 1,650 km; unknown (oil/water) 141 km (2007)
Vietnam
condensate/gas 432 km; gas 510 km; oil 49 km; refined
products 206 km (2007)
Yemen
gas 71 km; liquid petroleum gas 22 km; oil 1,309 km (2007)
Zambia
oil 771 km (2007)
Zimbabwe
refined products 270 km (2007)
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@2118 Political parties and leaders
Afghanistan
Afghanistan Peoples' Treaty Party [Sayyed Amir TAHSEEN];
Afghanistan's Islamic Mission Organization [Abdul Rasoul SAYYAF];
Afghanistan's Islamic Nation Party [Toran Noor Aqa Ahmad ZAI];
Afghanistan's National Islamic Party [Rohullah LOUDIN];
Afghanistan's Welfare Party [Meer Asef ZAEEFI]; Afghan Social
Democratic Party [Anwarul Haq AHADI]; Afghan Society for the Call to
the Koran and Sunna [Mawlawee Samiullah NAJEEBEE]; Comprehensive
Movement of Democracy and Development of Afghanistan Party [Sher
Mohammad BAZGAR]; Democratic Party of Afghanistan [Tawos ARAB];
Democratic Party of Afghanistan [Abdul Kabir RANJBAR]; Elites People
of Afghanistan Party [Abdul Hamid JAWAD]; Freedom and Democracy
Movement of Afghanistan [Abdul Raqib Jawid KOHISTANEE]; Freedom
Party of Afghanistan [Ilaj Abdul MALEK]; Freedom Party of
Afghanistan [Dr. Ghulam Farooq NEJRABEE]; Hizullah-e-Afghanistan
[Qari Ahmad ALI]; Human Rights Protection and Development Party of
Afghanistan [Baryalai NASRATI]; Islamic Justice Party of Afghanistan
[Mohammad Kabir MARZBAN]; Islamic Movement of Afghanistan [Mohammad
Ali JAWID]; Islamic Movement of Afghanistan Party [Mohammad Mukhtar
MUFLEH]; Islamic Party of Afghanistan [Mohammad Khalid FAROOQI];
Islamic Party of the Afghan Land [Mohammad Hassan FEROZKHEL];
Islamic People's Movement of Afghanistan [Ilhaj Said Hussain
ANWARY]; Islamic Society of Afghanistan [Ustad RABBANI]; Islamic
Unity of the Nation of Afghanistan Party [Qurban Ali URFANI];
Islamic Unity Party of Afghanistan [Mohammad Karim KHALILI]; Islamic
Unity Party of the People of Afghanistan [Ustad Mohammad MOHAQQEQ];
Labor and Progress of Afghanistan Party [Zulfiqar OMID]; Muslim
People of Afghanistan Party [Besmellah JOYAN]; Muslim Unity Movement
Party of Afghanistan [Wazir Mohammad WAHDAT]; National and Islamic
Sovereignty Movement Party of Afghanistan [Ahmad Shah AHMADZAI];
National Congress Party of Afghanistan [Abdul Latif PEDRAM];
National Country Party [Ghulam MOHAMMAD]; National Development Party
of Afghanistan [Dr. Aref BAKTASH]; National Freedom Seekers Party
[Abdul Hadi DABEER]; National Independence Party of Afghanistan [Taj
Mohammad WARDAK]; National Islamic Fighters Party of Afghanistan
[Amanat NINGARHAREE]; National Islamic Front of Afghanistan [Pir
Sayed Ahmad GAILANEE]; National Islamic Moderation Party of
Afghanistan [Qara Bik Eized YAAR]; National Islamic Movement of
Afghanistan [Sayed NOORULLAH]; National Islamic Unity Party of
Afghanistan [Mohammad AKBAREE]; National Movement of Afghanistan
[Ahmad Wali MASOOUD]; National Party of Afghanistan [Abdul Rashid
ARYAN]; National Patch of Afghanistan Party [Sayed Kamal SADAT];
National Peace Islamic Party of Afghanistan [Shah Mohammood Popal
ZAI]; National Peace & Islamic Party of the Tribes of Afghanistan
[Abdul Qaher SHARIATEE]; National Peace & Unity Party of Afghanistan
[Abdul Qader IMAMI]; National Prosperity and Islamic Party of
Afghanistan [Mohammad Osman SALEKZADA]; National Prosperity Party
[Mohammad Hassan JAHFAREE]; National Solidarity Movement of
Afghanistan [Pir Sayed Eshaq GAILANEE]; National Solidarity Party of
Afghanistan [Sayed Mansoor NADREEI]; National Sovereignty Party
[Sayed Mustafa KAZEMI]; National Stability Party [Mohammad Same
KHAROTI]; National Stance Party [Habibullah JANEBDAR]; National
Tribal Unity Islamic Party of Afghanistan [Mohammad Shah KHOGYANI];
National United Front [Burhanuddin RABBANI] (a coalition); National
Unity Movement [Sultan Mohammad GHAZI]; National Unity Movement of
Afghanistan [Mohammad Nadir AATASH]; National Unity Party of
Afghanistan [Abdul Rashid JALILI]; New Afghanistan Party [Mohammad
Yunis QANUNI]; Peace and National Welfare Activists Society [Shamsul
Haq Noor SHAMS]; Peace Movement [Shahnawaz TANAI]; People's
Aspirations Party of Afghanistan [Ilhaj Saraj-u-din ZAFAREE];
People's Freedom Seekers Party of Afghanistan [Feda Mohammad EHSAS];
People's Liberal Freedom Seekers Party of Afghanistan [Ajmal
SUHAIL]; People's Message Party of Afghanistan [Noor Aqa WAINEE];
People's Movement of the National Unity of Afghanistan [Abdul Hakim
NOORZAI]; People's Party of Afghanistan [Ahmad Shah ASAR]; People's
Prosperity Party of Afghanistan [Ustad Mohammad ZAREEF]; People's
Sovereignty Movement of Afghanistan [Hayatullah SUBHANEE]; People's
Uprising Party of Afghanistan [Sayed Zahir Qayed Omul BELADI];
People's Welfare Party of Afghanistan [Mia Gul WASIQ]; People's
Welfare Party of Afghanistan [Mohammad Zubair PAIROZ]; Progressive
Democratic Party of Afghanistan [Wali ARYA]; Republican Party
[Sebghatullah SANJAR]; Solidarity Party of Afghanistan [Abdul Khaleq
NEMAT]; The Afghanistan's Mujahid Nation's Islamic Unity Movement
[Saeedullah SAEED]; The People of Afghanistan's Democratic Movement
[Sharif NAZARI]; Tribes Solidarity Party of Afghanistan [Mohammad
Zarif NASERI]; Understanding and Democracy Party of Afghanistan
[Ahamad SHAHEEN]; United Afghanistan Party [Mohammad Wasil RAHIMEE];
United Islamic Party of Afghanistan [Wahidullah SABAWOON]; Young
Afghanistan's Islamic Organization [Sayed Jawad HUSSINEE]; Youth
Solidarity Party of Afghanistan [Mohammad Jamil KARZAI]; note -
includes only political parties approved by the Ministry of Justice
Albania
Agrarian Environmentalist Party or PAA [Lufter XHUVELI];
Christian Democratic Party or PDK [Nard NDOKA]; Communist Party of
Albania or PKSH [Hysni MILLOSHI]; Democratic Alliance Party or AD
[Neritan CEKA]; Democratic Party or PD [Sali BERISHA]; Legality
Movement Party or PLL [Ekrem SPAHIA]; Liberal Union Party or BLD
[Arjan STAROVA]; Movement for National Development or LZhK [Dashamir
SHEHI]; National Front Party (Balli Kombetar) or PBK [Artur ROSHI];
New Democratic Party or PDR [Genc POLLO]; Party of National Unity or
PUK [Idajet BEQIRI]; Republican Party or PR [Fatmir MEDIU]; Social
Democracy Party of Albania or PDSSh [Paskal MILO]; Social Democratic
Party or PSD [Skender GJINUSHI]; Socialist Movement for Integration
or LSI [Ilir META]; Socialist Party or PS [Edi RAMA]; Union for
Human Rights Party or PBDNj [Vangjel DULE]
Algeria
Ahd 54 [Ali Fauzi REBAINE]; Algerian National Front or FNA
[Moussa TOUATI]; Islamic Salvation Front or FIS (outlawed April
1992) [Ali BELHADJ, Dr. Abassi MADANI, Rabeh KEBIR]; National
Democratic Rally (Rassemblement National Democratique) or RND [Ahmed
OUYAHIA]; National Entente Movement or MEN [Ali BOUKHAZNA]; National
Liberation Front or FLN [Abdelaziz BELKHADEM, secretary general];
National Reform Movement or Islah (formerly MRN) [Mohamed BOULAHIA];
National Renewal Party or PRA [Mohamed BENSMAIL]; Rally for Culture
and Democracy or RCD [Said SADI]; Renaissance Movement or EnNahda
Movement [Fatah RABEI]; Socialist Forces Front or FFS [Hocine Ait
AHMED]; Social Liberal Party or PSL [Ahmed KHELIL]; Society of Peace
Movement or MSP [Boudjerra SOLTANI]; Workers Party or PT [Louisa
HANOUNE]
note: a law banning political parties based on religion was enacted
in March 1997
American Samoa
Democratic Party [Oreta M. TOGAFAU]; Republican Party
[Tautai A. F. FAALEVAO]
Andorra
Andorran Democratic Center Party (formerly Democratic Party
or PD) and Century 21 or CDA and S21 [Enric TARRADO]; Liberal Party
of Andorra or PLA [Albert PINTAT SANTOLARIA] (formerly Liberal Union
or UL); Social Democratic Party or PS [Jaume BARTUMEU CASSANY]
(formerly part of National Democratic Group or AND)
Angola
Liberal Democratic Party or PLD [Analia de Victoria PEREIRA];
National Front for the Liberation of Angola or FNLA [disputed
between Ngola KABANGU and Lucas NGONDA]; National Union for the
Total Independence of Angola or UNITA (largest opposition party)
[Isaias SAMAKUVA]; Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola or
MPLA (ruling party in power since 1975) [Jose Eduardo DOS SANTOS];
Social Renewal Party or PRS [Eduardo KUANGANA]
note: about a dozen minor parties participated in the 1992 elections
but only won a few seats; they and more than 100 other smaller
parties have little influence in the National Assembly
Anguilla
Anguilla United Front or AUF [Osbourne FLEMING, Victor
BANKS] (a coalition of the Anguilla Democratic Party or ADP and the
Anguilla National Alliance or ANA); Anguilla United Movement or AUM
[Hubert HUGHES]; Anguilla Progressive Party or APP [Roy ROGERS];
Anguilla Strategic Alternative or ANSA [Edison BAIRD]
Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua Labor Party or ALP [Lester Bryant BIRD];
Barbudans for a Better Barbuda [Ordrick SAMUEL]; Barbuda People's
Movement or BPM [Thomas H. FRANK]; Barbuda People's Movement for
Change [Arthur NIBBS]; United Progressive Party or UPP [Baldwin
SPENCER] (a coalition of three parties - Antigua Caribbean
Liberation Movement or ACLM, Progressive Labor Movement or PLM,
United National Democratic Party or UNDP)
Argentina
Coalicion Civica (a broad coalition loosely affiliated
with Elisa
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