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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.
Acronyms: An acronym is an abbreviation coined from the initial letterof each
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land: 397,300 sq km
water: 9,450 sq km
Peru
total: 1,285,220 sq km
land: 1.28 million sq km
water: 5,220 sq km
Philippines
total: 300,000 sq km
land: 298,170 sq km
water: 1,830 sq km
Pitcairn Islands
total: 47 sq km
land: 47 sq km
water: 0 sq km
Poland
total: 312,679 sq km
land: 304,459 sq km
water: 8,220 sq km
Portugal
total: 92,391 sq km
land: 91,951 sq km
water: 440 sq km
note: includes Azores and Madeira Islands
Puerto Rico
total: 13,790 sq km
land: 8,870 sq km
water: 4,921 sq km
Qatar
total: 11,437 sq km
land: 11,437 sq km
water: 0 sq km
Romania
total: 237,500 sq km
land: 230,340 sq km
water: 7,160 sq km
Russia
total: 17,075,200 sq km
land: 16,995,800 sq km
water: 79,400 sq km
Rwanda
total: 26,338 sq km
land: 24,948 sq km
water: 1,390 sq km
Saint Barthelemy
21 sq km
Saint Helena
total: 413 sq km
land: Saint Helena Island 122 sq km; Ascension Island 90 sq km;
Tristan da Cunha island group 201 sq km
water: 0 sq km
Saint Kitts and Nevis
total: 261 sq km (Saint Kitts 168 sq km; Nevis
93 sq km)
land: 261 sq km
water: 0 sq km
Saint Lucia
total: 616 sq km
land: 606 sq km
water: 10 sq km
Saint Martin
total: 54.4 sq km
land: 54.4 sq km
water: NEGL
Saint Pierre and Miquelon total: 242 sq km land: 242 sq km water: 0 sq km note: includes eight small islands in the Saint Pierre and the Miquelon groups
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
total: 389 sq km (Saint Vincent 344
sq km)
land: 389 sq km
water: 0 sq km
Samoa
total: 2,944 sq km
land: 2,934 sq km
water: 10 sq km
San Marino
total: 61.2 sq km
land: 61.2 sq km
water: 0 sq km
Sao Tome and Principe
total: 1,001 sq km
land: 1,001 sq km
water: 0 sq km
Saudi Arabia
total: 2,149,690 sq km
land: 2,149,690 sq km
water: 0 sq km
Senegal
total: 196,190 sq km
land: 192,000 sq km
water: 4,190 sq km
Serbia
total: 77,474 sq km
land: 77,474 sq km
water: 0 sq km
Seychelles
total: 455 sq km
land: 455 sq km
water: 0 sq km
Sierra Leone
total: 71,740 sq km
land: 71,620 sq km
water: 120 sq km
Singapore
total: 692.7 sq km
land: 682.7 sq km
water: 10 sq km
Slovakia
total: 48,845 sq km
land: 48,800 sq km
water: 45 sq km
Slovenia
total: 20,273 sq km
land: 20,151 sq km
water: 122 sq km
Solomon Islands
total: 28,450 sq km
land: 27,540 sq km
water: 910 sq km
Somalia
total: 637,657 sq km
land: 627,337 sq km
water: 10,320 sq km
South Africa
total: 1,219,912 sq km
land: 1,219,912 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes Prince Edward Islands (Marion Island and Prince
Edward Island)
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
total: 3,903 sq km
land: 3,903 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes Shag Rocks, Black Rock, Clerke Rocks, South Georgia
Island, Bird Island, and the South Sandwich Islands, which consist
of 11 islands
Southern Ocean
total: 20.327 million sq km
note: includes Amundsen Sea, Bellingshausen Sea, part of the Drake
Passage, Ross Sea, a small part of the Scotia Sea, Weddell Sea, and
other tributary water bodies
Spain
total: 504,782 sq km
land: 499,542 sq km
water: 5,240 sq km
note: there are two autonomous cities - Ceuta and Melilla - and 17
autonomous communities including Balearic Islands and Canary
Islands, and three small Spanish possessions off the coast of
Morocco - Islas Chafarinas, Penon de Alhucemas, and Penon de Velez
de la Gomera
Spratly Islands
total: less than 5 sq km
land: less than 5 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes 100 or so islets, coral reefs, and sea mounts
scattered over an area of nearly 410,000 sq km of the central South
China Sea
Sri Lanka
total: 65,610 sq km
land: 64,740 sq km
water: 870 sq km
Sudan
total: 2,505,810 sq km
land: 2.376 million sq km
water: 129,810 sq km
Suriname
total: 163,270 sq km
land: 161,470 sq km
water: 1,800 sq km
Svalbard
total: 61,020 sq km
land: 61,020 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes Spitsbergen and Bjornoya (Bear Island)
Swaziland
total: 17,363 sq km
land: 17,203 sq km
water: 160 sq km
Sweden
total: 449,964 sq km
land: 410,934 sq km
water: 39,030 sq km
Switzerland
total: 41,290 sq km
land: 39,770 sq km
water: 1,520 sq km
Syria
total: 185,180 sq km
land: 184,050 sq km
water: 1,130 sq km
note: includes 1,295 sq km of Israeli-occupied territory
Taiwan
total: 35,980 sq km
land: 32,260 sq km
water: 3,720 sq km
note: includes the Pescadores, Matsu, and Quemoy islands
Tajikistan total: 143,100 sq km land: 142,700 sq km water: 400 sq km
Tanzania
total: 945,087 sq km
land: 886,037 sq km
water: 59,050 sq km
note: includes the islands of Mafia, Pemba, and Zanzibar
Thailand
total: 514,000 sq km
land: 511,770 sq km
water: 2,230 sq km
Timor-Leste
total: 15,007 sq km
land: NA sq km
water: NA sq km
Togo
total: 56,785 sq km
land: 54,385 sq km
water: 2,400 sq km
Tokelau
total: 10 sq km
land: 10 sq km
water: 0 sq km
Tonga
total: 748 sq km
land: 718 sq km
water: 30 sq km
Trinidad and Tobago
total: 5,128 sq km
land: 5,128 sq km
water: 0 sq km
Tunisia
total: 163,610 sq km
land: 155,360 sq km
water: 8,250 sq km
Turkey
total: 780,580 sq km
land: 770,760 sq km
water: 9,820 sq km
Turkmenistan
total: 488,100 sq km
land: 488,100 sq km
water: NEGL
Turks and Caicos Islands
total: 430 sq km
land: 430 sq km
water: 0 sq km
Tuvalu
total: 26 sq km
land: 26 sq km
water: 0 sq km
Uganda
total: 236,040 sq km
land: 199,710 sq km
water: 36,330 sq km
Ukraine
total: 603,700 sq km
land: 603,700 sq km
water: 0 sq km
United Arab Emirates
total: 83,600 sq km
land: 83,600 sq km
water: 0 sq km
United Kingdom
total: 244,820 sq km
land: 241,590 sq km
water: 3,230 sq km
note: includes Rockall and Shetland Islands
United States
total: 9,826,630 sq km
land: 9,161,923 sq km
water: 664,707 sq km
note: includes only the 50 states and District of Columbia
United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges
total - 6,959.41 sq
km; emergent land - 22.41 sq km; submerged - 6,937 sq km
Baker Island: total - 129.1 sq km; emergent land - 2.1 sq km;
submerged - 127 sq km
Howland Island: total - 138.6 sq km; emergent land - 2.6 sq km;
submerged - 136 sq km
Jarvis Island: total - 152 sq km; emergent land - 5 sq km; submerged
- 147 sq km
Johnston Atoll: total - 276.6 sq km; emergent land - 2.6 sq km;
submerged - 274 sq km
Kingman Reef: total - 1,958.01 sq km; emergent land - 0.01 sq km;
submerged - 1,958 sq km
Midway Islands: total - 2,355.2 sq km; emergent land - 6.2 sq km;
submerged - 2,349 sq km
Palmyra Atoll: total - 1,949.9 sq km; emergent land - 3.9 sq km;
submerged - 1,946 sq km
Uruguay
total: 176,220 sq km
land: 173,620 sq km
water: 2,600 sq km
Uzbekistan
total: 447,400 sq km
land: 425,400 sq km
water: 22,000 sq km
Vanuatu
total: 12,200 sq km
land: 12,200 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes more than 80 islands, about 65 of which are inhabited
Venezuela
total: 912,050 sq km
land: 882,050 sq km
water: 30,000 sq km
Vietnam
total: 329,560 sq km
land: 325,360 sq km
water: 4,200 sq km
Virgin Islands
total: 1,910 sq km
land: 346 sq km
water: 1,564 sq km
Wake Island
total: 6.5 sq km
land: 6.5 sq km
water: 0 sq km
Wallis and Futuna total: 274 sq km land: 274 sq km water: 0 sq km note: includes Ile Uvea (Wallis Island), Ile Futuna (Futuna Island), Ile Alofi, and 20 islets
West Bank
total: 5,860 sq km
land: 5,640 sq km
water: 220 sq km
note: includes West Bank, Latrun Salient, and the northwest quarter
of the Dead Sea, but excludes Mt. Scopus; East Jerusalem and
Jerusalem No Man's Land are also included only as a means of
depicting the entire area occupied by Israel in 1967
Western Sahara total: 266,000 sq km land: 266,000 sq km water: 0 sq km
World
total: 510.072 million sq km
land: 148.94 million sq km
water: 361.132 million sq km
note: 70.9% of the world's surface is water, 29.1% is land
Yemen
total: 527,970 sq km
land: 527,970 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes Perim, Socotra, the former Yemen Arab Republic (YAR
or North Yemen), and the former People's Democratic Republic of
Yemen (PDRY or South Yemen)
Zambia
total: 752,614 sq km
land: 740,724 sq km
water: 11,890 sq km
Zimbabwe
total: 390,580 sq km
land: 386,670 sq km
water: 3,910 sq km
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@2149 Diplomatic representation in the US
Afghanistan
chief of mission: Ambassador Said Tayeb JAWAD
chancery: 2341 Wyoming Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 483-6410
FAX: [1] (202) 483-6488
consulate(s) general: Los Angeles, New York
Akrotiri
none (overseas territory of the UK)
Albania
chief of mission: Ambassador Aleksander SALLABANDA
chancery: 2100 S Street NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 223-4942
FAX: [1] (202) 628-7342
Algeria
chief of mission: Ambassador Abdallah BAALI
chancery: 2118 Kalorama Road NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 265-2800
FAX: [1] (202) 667-2174
American Samoa
none (territory of the US)
Andorra
chief of mission: Ambassador Carles FONT-ROSSELL
chancery: 2 United Nations Plaza, 25th Floor, New York, NY 10017
telephone: [1] (212) 750-8064
FAX: [1] (212) 750-6630
Angola
chief of mission: Ambassador Josefina Perpetua Pitra DIAKITE
chancery: 2108 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20009
telephone: [1] (202) 785-1156
FAX: [1] (202) 785-1258
consulate(s) general: Houston, New York
Anguilla
none (overseas territory of the UK)
Antigua and Barbuda chief of mission: Ambassador Deborah Mae LOVELL chancery: 3216 New Mexico Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20016 telephone: [1] (202) 362-5122 FAX: [1] (202) 362-5225 consulate(s) general: Miami
Argentina
chief of mission: Ambassador Hector Marcos TIMERMAN
chancery: 1600 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20009
telephone: [1] (202) 238-6400
FAX: [1] (202) 332-3171
consulate(s) general: Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami,
New York
Armenia
chief of mission: Ambassador Tatoul MARKARIAN
chancery: 2225 R Street NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 319-1976
FAX: [1] (202) 319-2982
consulate(s) general: Los Angeles
Aruba
none (represented by the Kingdom of the Netherlands); note -
Mr. Henry BAARH, Minister Plenipotentiary for Aruba at the Embassy
of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Ashmore and Cartier Islands
none (territory of Australia)
Australia
chief of mission: Ambassador Dennis J. RICHARDSON
chancery: 1601 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036
telephone: [1] (202) 797-3000
FAX: [1] (202) 797-3168
consulate(s) general: Atlanta, Chicago, Honolulu, Los Angeles, New
York, San Francisco
Austria
chief of mission: Ambassador (vacant); Deputy Chief of
Mission Andreas Riecken
chancery: 3524 International Court NW, Washington, DC 20008-3035
telephone: [1] (202) 895-6700
FAX: [1] (202) 895-6750
consulate(s) general: Chicago, Los Angeles, New York
Azerbaijan
chief of mission: Ambassador Yashar ALIYEV
chancery: 2741 34th Street NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 337-3500
FAX: [1] (202) 337-5911
Consulate(s) general: Los Angeles
Bahamas, The
chief of mission: Ambassador Cornelius A. SMITH
chancery: 2220 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 319-2660
FAX: [1] (202) 319-2668
consulate(s) general: Miami, New York
Bahrain
chief of mission: Ambassador Houda Ezra Ibrahim NUNU
chancery: 3502 International Drive NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 342-1111
FAX: [1] (202) 362-2192
consulate(s) general: New York
Bangladesh
chief of mission: Ambassador M. Humayun KABIR
chancery: 3510 International Drive NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 244-0183
FAX: [1] (202) 244-7830/2771
consulate(s) general: Los Angeles, New York
Barbados
chief of mission: Ambassador Michael Ian KING
chancery: 2144 Wyoming Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 939-9200
FAX: [1] (202) 332-7467
consulate(s) general: Miami, New York
consulate(s): Los Angeles
Belarus
chief of mission: Ambassador Mikhail KHVOSTOV
chancery: 1619 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20009
telephone: [1] (202) 986-1604
FAX: [1] (202) 986-1805
consulate(s) general: New York
Belgium
chief of mission: Ambassador Dominique STRUYE DE SWIELANDE
chancery: 3330 Garfield Street NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 333-6900
FAX: [1] (202) 333-3079
consulate(s) general: Los Angeles, New York
consulate(s): Atlanta
Belize
chief of mission: Ambassador Nestor MENDEZ
chancery: 2535 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 332-9636
FAX: [1] (202) 332-6888
consulate(s) general: Los Angeles
Benin
chief of mission: Ambassador Cyrille Segbe OGUIN
chancery: 2124 Kalorama Road NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 232-6656
FAX: [1] (202) 265-1996
Bermuda
none (overseas territory of the UK)
Bhutan
none; note - the Permanent Mission to the UN for Bhutan has
consular jurisdiction in the US; address: 763 First Avenue, New
York, NY 10017; telephone [1] (212) 682-2268; FAX [1] (212) 661-0551
consulate(s) general: New York
Bolivia
chief of mission: Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires
Erika DUENAS
chancery: 3014 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 483-4410
FAX: [1] (202) 328-3712
consulate(s) general: Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York,
Oklahoma City, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington, DC
Bosnia and Herzegovina chief of mission: Ambassador Bisera TURKOVIC chancery: 2109 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20037 telephone: [1] (202) 337-1500 FAX: [1] (202) 337-1502 consulate(s) general: Chicago, New York
Botswana
chief of mission: Ambassador Lapologang Caesar LEKOA
chancery: 1531-1533 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036
telephone: [1] (202) 244-4990
FAX: [1] (202) 244-4164
Brazil
chief of mission: Ambassador Antonio de Aguiar PATRIOTA
chancery: 3006 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 238-2700
FAX: [1] (202) 238-2827
consulate(s) general: Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami,
New York, San Francisco
British Indian Ocean Territory
none (overseas territory of the
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