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Principality of Liechtenstein
National name: Fuerstentum Liechtenstein
Ruler: Prince Hans Adam II (1989)
Head of Government: Otmar Hasler (2001)
Total area: 62 sq mi (161 sq km)
Population (2006 est.): 33,987 (growth rate: 0.8%); birth rate: 10.2/1000;
infant mortality rate: 4.6/1000; life expectancy: 79.7; density per sq mi: 547
Capital and largest city (2003 est.): Vaduz, 5,300
Monetary unit: Swiss franc
Languages: German (official), Alemannic dialect
Ethnicity/race: Alemannic 86%; Italian, Turkish, and other 14%
Religions: Roman Catholic, 77%, Protestant, 7%; unknown, 11% (2002)
Literacy rate: 100% (1981 est.)
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (1999 est.): $825 million; per capita $25,000. Real
growth rate: 11%. Inflation: 1% (2001). Unemployment: 1.3% (Sept. 2002). Arable
land: 25%. Agriculture: wheat, barley, corn, potatoes; livestock, dairy
products. Labor force: 29,000 of whom 13,900 commute from Austria, Switzerland,
and Germany to work each day (2001); industry 47.4%, services 51.3%, agriculture
1.3% (2001). Industries: electronics, metal manufacturing, dental products,
ceramics, pharmaceuticals, food products, precision instruments, tourism,
optical instruments. Natural resources: hydroelectric potential, arable land.
Exports: $2.47 billion (1996): small specialty machinery, connectors for audio
and video, parts for motor vehicles, dental products, hardware, prepared
foodstuffs, electronic equipment, optical products. Imports: $917.3 million
(1996): agricultural products, raw materials, machinery, metal goods, textiles,
foodstuffs, motor vehicles. Major trading partners: EU (Germany, Austria,
France, Italy, UK), U.S., Switzerland (2004).
Communications: Telephones: main lines in use: 20,072 (2000); mobile cellular:
n.a. Radio broadcast stations: AM 0, FM 4, shortwave 0 (1998). Radios: 21,000
(1997). Television broadcast stations: n.a. (linked to Swiss networks) (1997).
Televisions: 12,000 (1997). Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 44 (Liechtenstein
and Switzerland) (2000). Internet users: n.a.
Transportation: Railways: total: 18.5 km; note: owned, operated, and included in
statistics of Austrian Federal Railways (2002). Highways: total: 250 km; paved:
250 km; unpaved: 0 km. Ports and harbors: none. Airports: none.
International disputes: Liechtenstein's royal family claims restitution for
1,600 sq km of land in the Czech Republic confiscated in 1918.
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