Republic of San Marino

National name: Repubblica di San Marino

Captains Regent: Antonio Carattoni and Roberto Giorgetti (2006)

Total area: 23 sq mi (60 sq km)

Population (2006 est.): 29,251 (growth rate: 1.3%); birth rate: 10.0/1000; infant mortality rate: 5.6/1000; life expectancy: 81.7; density per sq mi: 1,263

Capital (2003 est.): San Marino, 4,300

Largest city: Serravalle, 8,700

Monetary unit: Euro

Language: Italian

Ethnicity/race: Sammarinese, Italian

Religion: Roman Catholic

Literacy rate: 96% (1976 est.)

Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2001 est.): $940 million; per capita $34,600. Real growth rate: 7.5%. Inflation: 3.3%. Unemployment: 2.6% (2001). Arable land: 17%. Agriculture: wheat, grapes, corn, olives; cattle, pigs, horses, beef, cheese, hides. Labor force: 18,500 (1999); services 57%, industry 42%, agriculture 1% (2000 est.). Industries: tourism, banking, textiles, electronics, ceramics, cement, wine. Natural resource: building stone. 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): 2 (2000). Internet users: n.a.

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: 220 km; unpaved: 0 km (2001). Ports and harbors: none. Airports: none.

International disputes: none.


 

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