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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
Monaco
    n 1: a constitutional monarchy in a tiny enclave on the French
         Riviera [syn: Monaco, Principality of Monaco]

2. CIA World Factbook 2002
Monaco

   Introduction Monaco
   -------------------
                            Background: Economic development was spurred in
                                        the late 19th century with a
                                        railroad linkup to France and the
                                        opening of a casino. Since then, the
                                        principality's mild climate,
                                        splendid scenery, and gambling
                                        facilities have made Monaco world
                                        famous as a tourist and recreation
                                        center.
  
   Geography Monaco
   ----------------
                              Location: Western Europe, bordering the
                                        Mediterranean Sea on the southern
                                        coast of France, near the border
                                        with Italy
                Geographic coordinates: 43 44 N, 7 24 E
                        Map references: Europe
                                  Area: total: 1.95 sq km
                                        water: 0 sq km
                                        land: 1.95 sq km
                    Area - comparative: about three times the size of The
                                        Mall in Washington, DC
                       Land boundaries: total: 4.4 km
                                        border countries: France 4.4 km
                             Coastline: 4.1 km
                       Maritime claims: territorial sea: 12 NM
                               Climate: Mediterranean with mild, wet winters
                                        and hot, dry summers
                               Terrain: hilly, rugged, rocky
                    Elevation extremes: lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
                                        highest point: Mont Agel 140 m
                     Natural resources: none
                              Land use: arable land: 0%
                                        permanent crops: 0%
                                        other: 100% (urban area) (1998 est.)
                        Irrigated land: NA sq km
                       Natural hazards: NA
          Environment - current issues: NA
            Environment - international party to: Air Pollution, Air
                            agreements: Pollution-Volatile Organic
                                        Compounds, Biodiversity, Climate
                                        Change, Desertification, Endangered
                                        Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of
                                        the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer
                                        Protection, Ship Pollution,
                                        Wetlands, Whaling
                                        signed, but not ratified: Climate
                                        Change-Kyoto Protocol
                      Geography - note: second smallest independent state in
                                        the world (after Holy See); almost
                                        entirely urban
  
   People Monaco
   -------------
                            Population: 31,987 (July 2002 est.)
                         Age structure: 0-14 years: 15.5% (male 2,545;
                                        female 2,418)
                                        15-64 years: 62.1% (male 9,762;
                                        female 10,093)
                                        65 years and over: 22.4% (male
                                        2,922; female 4,247) (2002 est.)
                Population growth rate: 0.45% (2002 est.)
                            Birth rate: 9.6 births/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                            Death rate: 12.91 deaths/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                    Net migration rate: 7.82 migrant(s)/1,000 population
                                        (2002 est.)
                             Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
                                        under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
                                        15-64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female
                                        65 years and over: 0.69 male(s)/
                                        female
                                        total population: 0.91 male(s)/
                                        female (2002 est.)
                 Infant mortality rate: 5.73 deaths/1,000 live births (2002
                                        est.)
              Life expectancy at birth: total population: 79.12 years
                                        female: 83.25 years (2002 est.)
                                        male: 75.21 years
                  Total fertility rate: 1.76 children born/woman (2002 est.)
      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: NA%
     HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/ NA
                                  AIDS:
                     HIV/AIDS - deaths: NA
                           Nationality: noun: Monegasque(s) or Monacan(s)
                                        adjective: Monegasque or Monacan
                         Ethnic groups: French 47%, Monegasque 16%, Italian
                                        16%, other 21%
                             Religions: Roman Catholic 90%
                             Languages: French (official), English, Italian,
                                        Monegasque
                              Literacy: definition: NA
                                        total population: 99%
                                        male: NA%
                                        female: NA%
  
   Government Monaco
   -----------------
                          Country name: conventional long form: Principality
                                        of Monaco
                                        conventional short form: Monaco
                                        local short form: Monaco
                                        local long form: Principaute de
                                        Monaco
                       Government type: constitutional monarchy
                               Capital: Monaco
              Administrative divisions: none; there are no first-order
                                        administrative divisions as defined
                                        by the US Government, but there are
                                        four quarters (quartiers, singular -
                                        quartier); Fontvieille, La
                                        Condamine, Monaco-Ville, Monte-Carlo
                          Independence: 1419 (beginning of the rule by the
                                        House of Grimaldi)
                      National holiday: National Day (Prince of Monaco
                                        Holiday), 19 November
                          Constitution: 17 December 1962
                          Legal system: based on French law; has not
                                        accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
                              Suffrage: 21 years of age; universal
                      Executive branch: chief of state: Prince RAINIER III
                                        (since 9 May 1949); Heir Apparent
                                        Prince ALBERT Alexandre Louis
                                        Pierre, son of the monarch (born 14
                                        March 1958)
                                        elections: none; the monarchy is
                                        hereditary; minister of state
                                        appointed by the monarch from a list
                                        of three French national candidates
                                        presented by the French Government
                                        cabinet: Council of Government is
                                        under the authority of the monarch
                                        head of government: Minister of
                                        State Patrick LECLERCQ (since 5
                                        January 2000)
                    Legislative branch: unicameral National Council or
                                        Conseil National (18 seats; members
                                        are elected by popular vote to serve
                                        five-year terms)
                                        election results: percent of vote by
                                        party - NA%; seats by party - UND 18
  
                                        elections: last held 1 and 8
                                        February 1998 (next to be held NA
                                        January 2003)
                       Judicial branch: Supreme Court or Tribunal Supreme
                                        (judges appointed by the monarch on
                                        the basis of nominations by the
                                        National Council)
         Political parties and leaders: Campora List [Anne-Maria CAMPORA];
                                        Medecin List [Jean-Louis MEDECIN];
                                        National and Democratic Union or UND
                                        [Jean-Louis CAMPORA]; National Union
                                        for the Future of Monaco or UNAM
                                        [leader NA]; Rally for the
                                        Monegasque Family or RFM [leader NA]
          Political pressure groups and NA
                               leaders:
             International organization ACCT, ECE, FAO, IAEA, ICAO, ICC,
                         participation: ICRM, IFRCS, IHO, IMO, Interpol,
                                        IOC, ITU, OPCW, OSCE, UN, UNCTAD,
                                        UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO
   Diplomatic representation in the US: Monaco does not have an embassy in
                                        the US
                                        consulate(s) general: New York
     Diplomatic representation from the the US does not have an embassy in
                                    US: Monaco; the US Consul General in
                                        Marseille (France) is accredited to
                                        Monaco
                      Flag description: two equal horizontal bands of red
                                        (top) and white; similar to the flag
                                        of Indonesia which is longer and the
                                        flag of Poland which is white (top)
                                        and red
  
   Economy Monaco
   --------------
                    Economy - overview: Monaco, situated on the French
                                        Mediterranean coast, is a popular
                                        resort, attracting tourists to its
                                        casino and pleasant climate. In
                                        2001, a major new construction
                                        project will extend the pier used by
                                        cruise ships in the main harbor. The
                                        Principality has successfully sought
                                        to diversify into services and
                                        small, high-value-added,
                                        nonpolluting industries. The state
                                        has no income tax and low business
                                        taxes and thrives as a tax haven
                                        both for individuals who have
                                        established residence and for
                                        foreign companies that have set up
                                        businesses and offices. The state
                                        retains monopolies in a number of
                                        sectors, including tobacco, the
                                        telephone network, and the postal
                                        service. Living standards are high,
                                        roughly comparable to those in
                                        prosperous French metropolitan
                                        areas. Monaco does not publish
                                        national income figures; the
                                        estimates below are extremely rough.
                                   GDP: purchasing power parity - $870
                                        million (1999 est.)
                GDP - real growth rate: NA%
                      GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $27,000
                                        (1999 est.)
           GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: NA%
                                        industry: NA%
                                        services: NA%
         Population below poverty line: NA%
     Household income or consumption by lowest 10%: NA%
                      percentage share: highest 10%: NA%
      Inflation rate (consumer prices): NA%
                           Labor force: 30,540 (January 1994)
                     Unemployment rate: 3.1% (1998)
                                Budget: revenues: $518 million
                                        expenditures: $531 million,
                                        including capital expenditures of
                                        $NA (1995)
                            Industries: tourism, construction, small-scale
                                        industrial and consumer products
     Industrial production growth rate: NA%
             Electricity - consumption: NA kWh
                 Electricity - imports: NA kWh
                                        note: electricity supplied by France
                                        (1999)
                Agriculture - products: none
                               Exports: $NA; full customs integration with
                                        France, which collects and rebates
                                        Monegasque trade duties; also
                                        participates in EU market system
                                        through customs union with France
                               Imports: $NA; full customs integration with
                                        France, which collects and rebates
                                        Monegasque trade duties; also
                                        participates in EU market system
                                        through customs union with France
                       Debt - external: $NA
              Economic aid - recipient: $NA
                              Currency: euro (EUR); French franc (FRF)
                         Currency code: EUR; FRF
                        Exchange rates: euros per US dollar - 1.1324
                                        (January 2002), 1.1175 (2001),
                                        1.0854 (2000), 0.9386 (1999); French
                                        francs per US dollar - 5.8995
                                        (1998), 5.8367 (1997)
                           Fiscal year: calendar year
  
   Communications Monaco
   ---------------------
        Telephones - main lines in use: 31,027 (1995)
          Telephones - mobile cellular: NA
                      Telephone system: general assessment: modern automatic
                                        telephone system
                                        domestic: NA
                                        international: no satellite earth
                                        stations; connected by cable into
                                        the French communications system
              Radio broadcast stations: AM 1, FM NA, shortwave 8 (1998)
                                Radios: 34,000 (1997)
         Television broadcast stations: 5 (1998)
                           Televisions: 25,000 (1997)
                 Internet country code: .mc
     Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 2 (2000)
                        Internet users: NA
  
   Transportation Monaco
   ---------------------
                              Railways: total: 1.7 km
                                        standard gauge: 1.7 km 1.435-m gauge
                                        (2002)
                              Highways: total: 50 km
                                        paved: 50 km
                                        unpaved: 0 km (2001)
                             Waterways: none
                     Ports and harbors: Monaco
                       Merchant marine: none (2002 est.)
                              Airports: none; linked to airport in Nice,
                                        France, by helicopter service (2001)
                             Heliports: 1 (shuttle service between the
                                        international airport at Nice,
                                        France, and Monaco's heliport at
                                        Fontvieille) (2001)
  
   Military Monaco
   ---------------
                          Military - note: defense is the responsibility of
                                           France
  
   Transnational Issues Monaco
   ---------------------------
                                              Disputes - international: none
  
                                       



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